TERRY BROWN - CURRICULUM VITAE

TERRY BROWN 

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Professor Terry Brown BSc PhD FSA, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester, 

131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, UK; Tel: 0044 161 306 4173; E-mail: 

terry.brown@manchester.ac.uk 

Academic career 

1984–1993 Lecturer in Biotechnology, UMIST 

1990 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, USA 

1993–1996 Senior Lecturer in Applied Molecular Biology, UMIST 

1996–2000 Reader in Applied Molecular Biology, UMIST 

2000–2004 Professor, UMIST 

2004–2006 Associate Dean for Communication and External Affairs, Life Sciences 

2004–present Professor, University of Manchester 

Research interests 

Biomolecular archaeology, the use of DNA sequence analysis, molecular phylogenetics, population genetics and 

post-genomics to study the human past; in particular: 

• The origin and spread of agriculture in the Old and New Worlds 

• The development of new bioinformatics tools for studying the evolutionary relationships between closelyaffiliated 

populations 

• The application of forensic DNA techniques to archaeological site interpretation 

• The impact of disease on past societies 

Grants 

ERC £593,092 (May 2011 – April 2015) The evolutionary origins of agriculture 

NERC £47,394 (May 2011 – Jan 2012) Archaeogenomics of European wheat: a proof of concept study 

NERC £410,877 (Oct 2007 – July 2011) Biomolecular archaeology of tuberculosis in Britain and Europe 

NERC £67,296 (Apr 2008 – Sept 2008) Novel methodology for distinguishing between ancient and contaminating 

DNA in human archaeological specimens 

NERC £426,812 (Mar 2008 – Feb 2011) Single or multiple trajectories for the spread of maize cultivation into 

South America 

NERC £599,423 (Jan 2008 – Dec 2010) Agricultural origins in Southwest Asia: the pace of the transition 

NERC £886,353 (Apr 2004 – Mar 2007) The domestication of Europe (Lead PI of consortium grant) 

NERC £196,838 (Oct 2003 – Sept 2006) Utilisation of ancient DNA from charred seeds in studies of the 

phylogenetics and population genetics of cultivated plants 

Leverhulme Trust £100,513 (Oct 2003 – Sept 2006) DNA analysis of bones from Mycenae: genetic profiling and 

kinship relationships 

Fritz Thyssen Stiftung £27,661 (Nov 2004 – Oct 2005) Kinship and residence structures in the late copper age of 

southern Germany 

Wellcome Trust £136,166 (Oct 2001 – Sept 2004) Origins of cultivated einkorn 

Institute for Aegean Prehistory US$30,000 (Oct 2000 – Sept 2001) DNA analysis of bones from Grave Circle B 

at Mycenae: genetic profiling and kinship relationships 

Wellcome Trust £73,248 (Oct 1999 – Sept 2003) A biomolecular approach to the study of malaria in Bronze Age 

Greece 

Wellcome Trust £72,510 (Oct 1998 – Sept 2002) Origins of emmer cultivation 

Leverhulme Trust £110,310 (Apr 1998 – Mar 2001) Genetic diversity of wild and cultivated wheats 

NERC £141,969 (Jan 1998 – Dec 2000) How many times was emmer wheat domesticated 

Institute for Aegean Prehistory US$11,300 (May 1997 – Apr 1998) DNA analysis of bones from Grave Circle B at 

Mycenae 

NERC £34,671 (Mar 1996 – Feb 1997) Using ancient DNA to distinguish between single grains of tetraploid and 

hexaploid wheats 

NERC £129,323 (Jan 1994 – Dec 1996) Using ancient DNA to distinguish between tetraploid and hexaploid 

wheats 

NERC £93,610 (Oct 1992 – Sept 1995) Chemical analysis of DNA in ancient biological material 

NERC £92,893 (Jan 1992 – Dec 1994) Biomolecular archaeology of wheat with reference to ancient DNA

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AFRC £3000 (Feb 1991 – Aug 1992) Characterisation of a differentially-expressed LTR retrotransposon from 

tomato 

NERC £77,255 (Jan 1991 – Feb 1994) Extraction and analysis of DNA from ancient animal bone 

NERC £5812 (Jan 1990 – June 1990) Techniques for the extraction and analysis of DNA from bone 

AFRC £64,685 (Sept 1989 – Aug 1992) Characterisation of a differentially-expressed multigene family from 

tomato 

AFRC £40,682 (July 1986 – June 1989) Developmental regulation of gene expression in tomato seeds 

Nuffield Foundation £1950 (Jan 1986 – Dec 1986) Assessment of tomato as a model system for seed 

development 

External appointments 

NERC 

Services Review Group (2011, 2010, 2007, Chair 2002–2003) 

‘Omics Strategy Expert Working Group (2010) 

Chair, Standard Grants Panel (2009, 2008) 

Chair, Fellowships Panel (2004) 

NERC Peer Review College (2003–2011) 

Science-Based Archaeology Strategy Group (1999–2004) 

Science Innovation and Strategy Board (1999–2002) 

Terrestrial and Freshwater Science and Technology Board (1999–2000) 

Educational 

External Examiner, BSc Biochemistry, Imperial College London (2010–2012) 

External Examiner, BSc Medical Genetics, University of Leicester (2008–2010) 

External Examiner, BSc Bioinformatics, University of Hong Kong (2007–2011) 

External Examiner, MSc Biosciences, University of Leeds (2004–2008) 

External Subject Reviewer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool (2003) 

External Examiner, MSc Molecular Genetics, University of Leicester (1999–2003) 

External Examiner, BSc Genetics, University of Liverpool (1999–2002) 

External Examiner, MSc Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University College London (1996–1999) 

Other 

UK Office of Science and Technology Working Group on IT and informatics in the Environmental Sciences (1999– 

2000) 

UK Office of Science and Technology Working Group on IT and informatics in Biology and Biomedicine (1999– 

2000) 

Editor-in-Chief Ancient Biomolecules (1995–2002) 

Series Editor The Basics, Oxford University Press (1993–1997) 

Series Editor Medical Perspectives, BIOS Scientific Publishers (1991–1993) 

Conferences/symposia organised 

Organiser, Rank Prize Symposium on Evolution of the human diet, Grasmere, May 2011 

Co-organiser, Symposium on The origins and spread of agriculture: an evolutionary perspective, 11 th European 

Evolutionary Biology Congress, Uppsala, Aug 2007 

Co-organiser, Symposium on Current research in ancient plant DNA, 17 th International Botanical Congress, 

Vienna, July 2005 

Organiser, 5 th Ancient DNA Conference, Manchester, July 2000 

Organising Committee, 4 th Ancient DNA Conference, Göttingen, July 1997 

Organiser, NERC Seeds Workshop, Manchester, March 1997 

Organising Committee, 3 rd Ancient DNA Conference, Oxford, July 1995 

Organiser, NERC Ancient DNA Workshop, Manchester, June 1993 

Invited conference papers 

Biomedical Studies and Methods in Archaeology, Ephesus, Turkey (2011) 

International Botanical Congress, Melbourne (2011) 

International Ancient Genomic Research Conference, Shenzhen (2010) 

Rank Prize Fund Symposium, Grasmere (2009) 

Conference on Ancient DNA, Paris (2009) 

International Interdisciplinary Workshop on Cereal Diversity, Adana, Turkey (2009) 

University of Basel Graduate Course ‘Migration and Mobility’ (2009) 

Bioarchaeology Frontiers Meeting, Wellcome Trust (2008)

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Ancient DNA Conference, Pompeii (2008) 

Banbury Conference, Cold Spring Harbor, New York (2007) 

British Association, York (2007) 

Eucarpia Cereal Section, Lleida, Spain (2006) 

DNA Diagenesis, Paris (2006) 

Crop Diversity, Cambridge (2005) 

European Association of Archaeologists, Cork (2005) 

Society for American Archaeology, Montreal (2004) 

Ancient DNA Symposium, Leiden, Belgium (2004) 

DNA 50 Conference, Institut Pasteur, Paris (2003) 

International School on Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules, Como (2003) 

50 th Anniversary of the Discovery of DNA, Minia, Egypt (2003) 

Bioinformatics Conference, New Delhi (2003) 

UK Theoretical Archaeology Group, Dublin (2002) 

Wellcome Malaria Conference, Oxford (2002) 

Ancient DNA Workshop, Madrid (2001) 

ViTARK Seminars, Trondheim (1999) 

European Association of Archaeologists Conference, Bournemouth (1999) 

World Archaeology Congress, Cape Town (1999) 

British Association, Cardiff (1998) 

Novartis Foundation, London (1998) 

Royal Society, London (1998) 

UK Theoretical Archaeology Group, Bournemouth (1998) 

4 th International Ancient DNA Conference, Göttingen (1998) 

4 th NERC Ancient Biomolecules Meeting, Cambridge (1998) 

UK Neolithic Studies Group, London (1996) 

3 rd NERC Ancient Biomolecules Meeting, Cambridge (1996) 

3 rd International Ancient DNA Conference, Oxford (1995) 

4 th European Union of Geosciences, Strasbourg (1995) 

2 nd NERC Ancient Biomolecules Meeting, Cambridge (1995) 

Flemish Biotechnology Group, Leuven (1994) 

NERC Lyell Meeting, London (1994) 

1 st NERC Ancient Biomolecules Meeting, Cambridge (1994) 

13 th Meeting of La Societat Catalana de Biologia, Barcelona (1993) 

2 nd International Ancient DNA Conference, Washington (1993) 

8 th European Evolutionary Biology Congress, Montpellier (1993) 

17 th International Congress of Genetics, Birmingham (1993) 

2 nd International DNA Bank-Net meeting, St Louis (1993) 

UK Theoretical Archaeology Group, Leicester (1991) 

2 nd NERC Biomolecular Palaeontology Meeting, Nottingham (1991) 

CIBA Foundation, London (1991) 

1 st NERC Biomolecular Palaeontology Meeting (1990) 

ICI Crystal Chemistry Conference, Runcorn (1989) 

International Union of Microbiology Societies, Manchester (1988) 

EMBO Workshop, Paris (1988) 

EMBO Workshop, Rhenen, The Netherlands (1984) 

EMBO Workshop, Groningen, The Netherlands (1983) 

Invited seminars 

Dept of Evolutionary Biology, University of Uppsala (2007) 

Warwick Horticulture Research Institute (2007) 

Faculty of Science, Trent University, (2007) 

Dept of Archaeology, University of Durham (2006) 

Dept of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2005) 


Department of Chemistry, University of Salford (2004) 


School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester (2003) 

School of Biology, University of Leeds (2002)

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Dept of Biology, University of St Andrews (2002) 


Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford (2001) 

Dept of Archaeology, University of Cork (2001) 


School of Biology, University of Leeds (2000) 

Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield (2000) 

Institut Jacques Monod, Paris (1999) 

Dept of Science, University of Staffordshire (1999) 

Silwood Park, Imperial College London (1997) 

Institute of Archaeology, University of London (1996) 

Dept of Applied Biology, University of Hull (1996) 

Dept of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool (1995) 

Unilever Research Group, Sharnbrook (1995) 

Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Bangor (1995) 

Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Salford (1995) 

Dept of Genetics, University of Leeds (1995) 

Dept of Chemistry, University of Bristol (1994) 

Dept of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (1994) 

John Innes Institute, Norwich (1994) 

Dept of Botany, University of Basel (1994) 

Unilever Research Group, Sharnbrook (1994) 

Environmental Geochemistry Group, University of Newcastle (1994) 

Jodrell Laboratory, Kew Gardens (1994) 

Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Bradford (1994) 

Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen (1994) 

Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield (1992) 

Dept of Archaeology, University of Manchester (1992) 

Dept of Science, Bristol Polytechnic (1992) 

Dept of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford (1992) 

Dept of Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology, UMIST (1991) 

Dept of Archaeology, University of Cambridge (1991) 

Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University (1990) 

Dept of Biochemistry, University of Bath (1989) 

Plant Biotechnology Unit, Shell Research (1989) 

School of Agriculture, University of Nottingham (1988) 

Dept of Genetics, University of Leeds (1988) 

Media 

BBC Radio 4 Material World (2008) 

Discovery Channel Great Moments in Time (2003) 

BBC Radio 4 Discovery (2002) 

BBC2 Learning Zone (2002) 

Channel 4 Secrets of the Dead (2002) 

BBC Radio 4 Science Now (2001) 

Channel 4 Secrets of the Dead (2001) 

BBC Radio 4 Frontiers (1999) 

BBC2 Meet the Ancestors (1999) 

COI Radio (1993) 

BBC Radio (1992) 

Publications 

Research papers and review articles 

C.Hayot-Carbonero, I.Mueller-Harvey, T.A.Brown & L.Smith (2011) Sainfoin (Onobrychis viviifolia): a beneficial 

forage legume. Plant Genetic Resources 9: 70–85. 

T.A.Brown (2010) Stranger from Siberia. Nature 464: 838–839. 

A.D.Isaac, M.Muldoon, K.A.Brown & T.A.Brown (2010) Genetic analysis of wheat landraces enables the location of 

the first agricultural sites in Italy to be identified. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 950–956.

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T.A.Brown (2010) Differing approaches and perceptions in the study of New and Old World crops. In Histories of 

Maize in Mesoamerica: Multidisciplinary Approaches (ed. J.E.Staller, R.H.Tykot, and B.F.Benz). Left Coast 

Press, pp14–19. 

R.G.Allaby, T.A.Brown & D.Q.Fuller (2010) A simulation of the effect of inbreeding on crop domestication genetics 

with comments on the integration of archaeobotany and genetics. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 19: 

151–158. 

A.S.Bouwman, K.A.Brown, T.A.Brown, E.R.Chilvers, R.G.Arnott & A.J.N.W.Prag (2009) Kinship in Aegean 

prehistory Ancient DNA in human bones from Greece and Crete. Annual of the British School at Athens 104: 

291–307. 

A.K.Wilbur, A.S.Bouwman, A.C.Stone, C.A.Roberts, L.-A.Pfister, J.E.Buikstra & T.A.Brown (2009) Deficiencies 

and challenges in the study of ancient tuberculosis. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 1990–1997. 

D.L.Lister, S.Thaw, M.A.Bower, H.Jones, M.P.Charles, G.Jones, L.M.J.Smith, C.J.Howe, T.A.Brown & M.K.Jones 

(2009) Latitudinal variation in a photoperiod response gene in European barley: insight into the dynamics of 

agricultural spread from ‘historic’ specimens. Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 1092–1096. 

T.A.Brown, M.K.Jones, W.Powell & R.G..Allaby (2009) The complex origins of domesticated crops in the Fertile 

Crescent. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24: 103–109. 

T.A.Brown & R.G.Allaby (2008) Reevaluation of the use of multilocus markers to study crop origins. In Cereal 

Science and Technology for Feeding Ten Billion People: Genomics Era and Beyond (ed. J.L.Molina Cano, P. 

Christou, A.Graner, K.Hammer, N.Jouve, B.Keller, J.M.Lasa, W.Powell, C.Royo, P.Shewry and A.M.Stanca). 

CIHEAM/IRTA, Zaragoza. pp19–24. 

R.G.Allaby, D.Q.Fuller & T.A.Brown (2008) Reply to Ross-Ibarra and Gaut: Multiple domestications do appear 

monophyletic if an appropriate model is used. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105: 

E106. 

T.A.Brown, H.Jones, L.Smith & W.Powell (2008) Adapting to a new climate. NERC Planet Earth Winter 2008: 28– 

29. 

H.Jones, F.J.Leigh, I.Mackay, M.A.Bower, L.M.J.Smith, M.P.Charles, G.Jones, M.K.Jones, T.A.Brown & W.Powell 

(2008) Population based resequencing reveals that the flowering time adaptation of cultivated barley originated 

east of the Fertile Crescent. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 2211–2219. 

R.G.Allaby, D.Q.Fuller & T.A.Brown (2008) The genetic expectations of a protracted model for the origins of 

domesticated crops. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 13982–13986. 

E.R.Chilvers, A.S.Bouwman, K.A.Brown, R.G.Arnott, A.J.N.W.Prag & T.A.Brown (2008) Ancient DNA in human 

bones from Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in Greece and Crete. Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 2707– 

2714. 

A.S.Bouwman, K.A.Brown, A.J.N.W.Prag & T.A.Brown (2008) Kinship between burials from Grave Circle B at 

Mycenae revealed by ancient DNA typing. Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 2580–2584. 

R.J.Giles & T.A.Brown (2008) Improved methodology for extraction and amplification of DNA from single grains of 

charred wheat. Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 2585–2588. 

S.C.Ayling & T.A.Brown (2008) Novel methodology for construction and pruning of quasi-median networks. BMC 

Bioinformatics 9: 115. 

M.K.Jones & T.A.Brown (2007)) Selection, cultivation, and reproductive isolation; a reconsideration of the 

morphological and molecular signals of domestication. In Rethinking Agriculture: Archaeological and 

Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives (ed. T.P.Denham. J.Iriarte and L.Vrydaghs). Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, 

California. pp36–49. 

V.V.Lia, V.A.Confalonieri, N.Ratto, J.A.Cámara Hernández, A.M.Miante Alzogaray, L.Poggio & T.A. Brown (2007) 

Microsatellite markers provide insights into the genetic constitution of ancient maize in southern South America. 

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B 274: 545–554. 

A.S.Bouwman, E.R.Chilvers, K.A.Brown & T.A.Brown (2006) Identification of the authentic ancient DNA sequence 

in a human bone contaminated with modern DNA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131: 428–431. 

R.J.Giles & T.A.Brown (2006) GluDy allele variations in Aegilops tauschii and Triticum aestivum: implications for 

the origins of hexaploid wheats. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 112: 1563–1572. 

T.A.Brown (2006) Differing approaches and perceptions in the study of New and Old World crops. In Stories of 

Maize: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize 

(Zea mays L.) (ed. J.E.Staller, R.H.Tykot, and B.F.Benz). Elsevier, San Diego. pp3–7. 

T.A.Brown, S.Lindsay & R.G.Allaby (2006) Using modern landraces of wheat to study the origins of European 

agriculture. In Darwin’s Harvest: New Approaches to the Origins, Evolution and Conservation of Crops (ed. 

T.J.Motley, N.Zerega and H.Cross). Columbia Press, New York. pp197–212. 

A.S.Bouwman & T.A.Brown (2005) The limits of biomolecular palaeopathology: ancient DNA cannot be used to 

study venereal syphilis. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 691–702.

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D.J.Turner & T.A.Brown (2005) Abridged 5S rDNA units in sea beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima). Genome 48: 

352–354. 

R.Sallares & T.A.Brown (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of complete 5´ external transcribed spacers of the 18S 

ribosomal RNA genes of diploid Aegilops and related species (Triticeae, Poaceae). Genetic Resources and Crop 

Evolution 51: 701–712. 

R.G.Allaby & T.A.Brown (2004) Reply to the comment by Salamini et al. on “AFLP data and the origins of 

domesticated crops”. Genome 47: 621–622. 

M.Banerjee & T.A.Brown (2004) Non-random DNA damage resulting from heat treatment: implications for 

sequence analysis of ancient DNA. Journal of Archaeological Science 31: 59–63. 

R.G.Allaby & T.A.Brown (2003) AFLP data and the origins of domesticated crops. Genome 46: 448–453. 

J.Threadgold & T.A.Brown (2003) Degradation of DNA in artificially charred wheat seeds. Journal of 

Archaeological Science 30: 1067–1076. 

F.O.Freitas, G.Bandel, R.G. Allaby & T.A.Brown (2003) DNA from primitive maize landraces and archaeological 

remains: implications for the domestication of maize and its expansion into South America. Journal of 

Archaeological Science 30: 901–908. 

R.J.Giles & T.A.Brown (2003) Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) present at the high-molecular-weight 

glutenin Dy locus provide new insights into the origins and evolution of Triticum aestivum L In Proceedings of the 

10 th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, Paestum, Italy (ed. N.E.Pogna, M.Romanò, E.A.Pogna and 

G.Galterio). pp17–20. 

A.S.Bouwman & T.A.Brown (2002) Comparison between silica-based methods for the extraction of DNA from 

human bones from 18 th –mid-19 th century London. Ancient Biomolecules 4: 173–178. 

M.Banerjee & T.A.Brown (2002) Preservation of nuclear but not chloroplast DNA in archaeological assemblages of 

charred wheat grains. Ancient Biomolecules 4: 59–63. 

R.G.Allaby & T.A.Brown (2001) Network analysis provides insights into the evolution of 5S rDNA arrays in Triticum 

and Aegilops. Genetics 157: 1331–1341. 

T.A.Brown (2001) Ancient DNA. In Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (ed. D.R. Brothwell and A.M. Pollard), 

pp301–311. Wiley, Chichester. 

R.G.Allaby & T.A.Brown (2000) Identification of a 5S rDNA spacer type specific to Triticum urartu and wheats 

containing the T. urartu genome. Genome 43: 250–254. 

T.A.Brown, K.A.Brown, C.F.Flaherty, L.M.Little & A.J.N.W.Prag (2000) DNA analysis of bones from Grave Circle B 

at Mycenae: a first report. Annual of the British School at Athens 95: 115–119. 

M.K.Jones & T.A.Brown (2000) Agricultural origins: the evidence of modern and ancient DNA. Holocene 10: 775– 

782. 

T.A.Brown (1999) How ancient DNA may help in understanding the origin and spread of agriculture. Philosophical 

Transactions of the Royal Society, series B 354: 89–98. 

R.G.Allaby, M.Banerjee & T.A.Brown (1999) Evolution of the high-molecular-weight glutenin loci of the A, B, D and 

G genomes of wheat. Genome 42: 296–307. 

R.Sallares & T.A.Brown (1999) PCR-based analysis of the intergenic spacers of the Nor-loci of the A genomes of 

Triticum diploids and polyploids. Genome 42, 116–128. 

T.A.Brown, R.G.Allaby, R.Sallares & G.Jones (1998) Ancient DNA in charred wheats: taxonomic identification of 

mixed and single grains. Ancient Biomolecules 2: 185–193. 

T.A.Brown (1998) Genetic Material. In Care and Conservation of Natural History Specimens (ed. D.Carter & 

A.K.Walker), pp133–138. Butterworth, Oxford. 

P-Y Su & T.A.Brown (1997) Ty3/gypsy-like retrotransposon sequences in tomato. Plasmid 38: 148–157. 

M.H.El-Masry, T.A.Brown, H.A.S.Epton & D.C.Sigee (1997) Transfer from Erwinia herbicola to Escherichia coli of a 

plasmid associated with biocontrol of Fire Blight. Plant Pathology 46: 865–870. 

E.Waite, A.M.Child, O.E.Craig, M.J.Collins, T.A.Brown & K.Gelsthorp (1997) A preliminary investigation of DNA 

stability in bone during artificial diagenesis. Bulletin de Societe de Géologie de France 168: 547–554. 

R.G.Allaby, K.O’Donoghue, R.Sallares, M.K.Jones & T.A.Brown (1997) Evidence for the survival of ancient DNA in 

charred wheat seeds from European archaeological sites. Ancient Biomolecules 1: 119–129. 

A. Götherstrom, K.Lidén, T.Ahlström, M.Källersjö & T.A.Brown (1997) Osteology, DNA and sex identification: 

morphological and molecular sex identifications of five Neolithic individuals from Ajvide, Gotland. International 

Journal of Osteoarchaeology 7: 71–81. 

K.O’Donoghue, A.Clapham, R.P.Evershed & T.A.Brown (1996) Remarkable preservation of biomolecules in 

ancient radish seeds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series B 263: 541–547. 

K.O’Donoghue, T.A.Brown, J.F.Carter & R.P.Evershed (1996) Application of high performance liquid 

chromatography/mass spectrometry with electrospray ionisation to the detection of DNA nucleotides in ancient 

seeds. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 10: 495–500.

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T.A.Brown, K.O’Donoghue & K.A.Brown (1996) Chemical structure of DNA in bone from Overton Down. In The 

Experimental Earthwork Project 1960–1992 (ed. M.Bell, P.J.Fowler & S.W.Hillson), pp199–200. Council for 

British Archaeology Research Report 100, London. 

M.K.Jones, T.A.Brown & R.G.Allaby (1996) Tracking early crops and early farmers: the potential of biomolecular 

archaeology. In The Origins and Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism in Eurasia (ed. D.R.Harris), pp93–100. 

UCL Press, London. 

R.Sallares, R.G.Allaby & T.A.Brown (1995) PCR-based identification of wheat genomes. Molecular Ecology 4: 

509–514. 

K.A.Brown, K.O’Donoghue & T.A.Brown (1995) DNA in cremated bones from an Early Bronze Age cemetery cairn. 

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 5: 181–187. 

K.O’Donoghue, T.A.Brown, J.F.Carter & R.P.Evershed (1994) Detection of nucleotide bases in ancient seeds 

using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry. 

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 8: 503–508. 

K.H.Lipp João & T.A.Brown (1994) Long-term stability of root cultures of tomato transformed with Agrobacterium 

rhizogenes R1601. Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 641–647. 

T.A.Brown, R.G.Allaby, K.A.Brown, K.O’Donoghue & R.Sallares (1994) DNA in wheat seeds from European 

archaeological sites. Experientia 50: 571–575. 

A.V.Hine & T.A.Brown (1994) Synthesis and expression of a gene encoding a 48-residue repeat sequence from 

the Pseudomonas syringae ice nucleation protein. Gene 142: 73–78. 

R.G.Allaby, M.K.Jones & T.A.Brown (1994) DNA in charred wheat grains from the Iron Age hillfort at Danebury, 

England. Antiquity 68: 126–132. 

T.A.Brown & K.A.Brown (1994) Ancient DNA: using molecular biology to explore the past. BioEssays 16: 719–726. 

T.A.Brown, R.G.Allaby, K.A.Brown, K.O’Donoghue & R.Sallares (1994) DNA in wheat seeds from European 

archaeological sites. In Conservation of Plant Genes II: Intellectual Property Rights and DNA Utilization (ed. 

R.P.Adams, J.S.Miller, E.M.Golenberg & J.E.Adams), pp37–46. Missouri Botanical Gardens, St Louis. 

T.A.Brown (1994) Mitochondria. In Aspergillus: 50 Years On (ed. S.D.Martinelli & J.R.Kinghorn), Progress in 

Industrial Microbiology, Vol 29, pp505–524. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 

K.H.Lipp João & T.A.Brown (1993) Enhanced transformation of tomato co-cultivated with Agrobacterium 

tumefaciens C58C1Rifr::pGSFR1161 in the presence of acetosyringone. Plant Cell Reports 12: 422–425. 

T.A.Brown, R.G.Allaby, K.A.Brown & M.K.Jones (1993) Biomolecular archaeology of wheat: past, present and 

future. World Archaeology 25: 64–73. 

T.A.Brown & K.A.Brown (1992) Ancient DNA and the archaeologist. Antiquity 66: 10–23. 

T.A.Brown (1993) The Aspergillus nidulans mitochondrial genome. Genetic Maps 6: 3.85–3.86. 

L.Pooley & T.A.Brown (1991) Effect of culture conditions on the expression of the ice nucleation phenotype of 

Pseudomonas syringae. FEMS Microbiology Letters 77: 229–232. 

L.Pooley & T.A.Brown (1990) Preparation of active cell-free ice nuclei from Pseudomonas syringae. Proceedings 

of the Royal Society, series B 241: 112–115. 

T.A.Brown, A.Constable, R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio & R.W.Davies (1989) Nucleotide sequence of the only 

unidentified reading frame in the Aspergillus nidulans mitochondrial genome. Nucleic Acids Research 17: 5838. 

T.A.Brown, A.Constable, J.A.Ray, R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio & R.W.Davies (1989) Nucleotide sequence of the 

Aspergillus nidulans mitochondrial gene for subunit 5 of NADH dehydrogenase. Nucleic Acids Research 17: 

4371. 

N.J.Dyson, T.A.Brown, J.A.Ray, R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio & R.W.Davies (1989) Processing of mitochondrial 

RNA in Aspergillus nidulans. Journal of Molecular Biology 208: 587–599. 

N.J.Dyson, T.A.Brown, R.B.Waring & R.W.Davies (1989) The mitochondrial ribosomal RNA molecules of 

Aspergillus nidulans. Gene 75: 109–118. 

T.A.Brown (1989) The mitochondrial genome of Aspergillus nidulans. Genetic Maps 5: 3.109–3.110. 

T.A.Brown & N.J.Dyson (1988) Similarity of nucleotide sequences at splicing sites. Nature 333: 402. 

B.Borkhardt, T.A.Brown, P.Thim & L.W.Olson (1988) The mitochondrial genome of the aquatic phycomycete 

Allomyces macrogynus: physical mapping and mitochondrial DNA instability. Current Genetics 13: 41–47. 

T.A.Brown (1987) Mitochondrial genome of Aspergillus nidulans. Genetic Maps 4: 336–337. 

T.A.Brown (1987) The mitochondrial genomes of filamentous fungi. In Gene Structure in Eukaryotic Microbes (ed. 

J.R.Kinghorn), pp141–163. IRL Press, Oxford. 

T.A.Brown, R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio, J.A.Ray & R.W.Davies (1985) The Aspergillus nidulans mitochondrial 

genome. Current Genetics 9: 113–117. 

T.A.Brown, J.A.Ray, R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio & R.W.Davies (1984) A mitochondrial reading frame that may 

code for a second form of ATPase subunit 9 in Aspergillus nidulans. Current Genetics 8: 489–492.

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R.B.Waring, T.A.Brown, J.A.Ray, C.Scazzocchio & R.W.Davies (1984) Three variant introns of the same general 

class in the mitochondrial gene for cytochrome c oxidase subunit I in Aspergillus nidulans. EMBO Journal 3: 

2121–2128. 

T.A.Brown, R.W.Davies, R.B.Waring, J.A.Ray & C.Scazzocchio (1983) DNA duplication has resulted in transfer of 

an amino-terminal peptide between two mitochondrial proteins. Nature 302: 721–723. 

T.A.Brown, R.W.Davies, R.B.Waring, J.A.Ray & C.Scazzocchio (1983) The mitochondrial genome of Aspergillus 

nidulans contains reading frames homologous to the human URFs 1 and 4. EMBO Journal 2: 427–435. 

R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio, T.A.Brown & R.W.Davies (1983) Close relationship between certain nuclear and 

mitochondrial introns: implications for the mechanism of splicing. Journal of Molecular Biology 167: 595–605. 

A.Baldwin, T.A.Brown, P.H.T.Beckett & G.E.P.Elliott (1983) The forms of combination of Cu and Zn in digested 

sewage sludge. Water Research 17: 1935–1944. 

C.Scazzocchio, T.A.Brown, R.B.Waring, J.A.Ray & R.W.Davies (1983) Organisation of the Aspergillus nidulans 

mitochondrial genome. Mitochondria 1983 pp304–312. 

R.W.Davies, R.B.Waring, T.A.Brown & C.Scazzocchio (1983) Implications of fungal mitochondrial intron RNA 

structure for the mechanism of RNA splicing. Mitochondria 1983 pp179–189. 

T.A.Brown & A.Shrift (1982) Selective assimilation of selenite by Escherichia coli. Canadian Journal of 

Microbiology 28: 307–310. 

E.Grisi, T.A.Brown, R.B.Waring, C.Scazzocchio & R.W.Davies (1982) Nucleotide sequence of a region of the 

mitochondrial genome of Aspergillus nidulans including the gene for ATPase subunit 6. Nucleic Acids Research 

10: 3531–3539. 

R.W.Davies, R.B.Waring, J.A.Ray, T.A.Brown & C.Scazzocchio (1982) Making ends meet: a model for RNA 

splicing in fungal mitochondria. Nature 300: 719–724. 

R.B.Waring, R.W.Davies, C.Scazzocchio & T.A.Brown (1982) Internal structure of a mitochondrial intron of 

Aspergillus nidulans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 19: 6332–6336. 

T.A.Brown & A.Shrift (1982) Selenium: toxicity and tolerance in higher plants. Biological Reviews 57: 59–84. 

R.W.Davies, C.Scazzocchio, R.B.Waring, S.Lee, E.Grisi, M.M.Berks & T.A.Brown (1982) Mosaic genes and 

unidentified reading frames that have homology with human mitochondrial sequences are found in the 

mitochondrial genome of Aspergillus nidulans. Mitochondria 1982 pp405–410. 

T.A.Brown & A.Shrift (1981) Exclusion of selenium from proteins of selenium-tolerant Astragalus species. Plant 

Physiology 67: 1051–1053. 

T.A.Brown & A.Shrift (1980) Identification of selenocysteine in the proteins of selenium-grown Vigna radiata. Plant 

Physiology 66: 758–761. 

T.A.Brown & A.Shrift (1980) Assimilation of selenate and selenite by Salmonella typhimurium. Canadian Journal of 

Microbiology 26: 671–675. 

T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1980) Effects of cadmium chloride on the growth and ultrastructure of Cryptococcus 

albidus. Microbios Letters 13: 157–163. 

T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1979) Effects of mercuric chloride on the growth and ultrastructure of Cryptococcus 


T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1979) Effects of copper and zinc on the growth and ultrastructure of Cryptococcus 


T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1979) Effects of inorganic selenium compounds on the growth, cell size and ultrastructure 

of Cryptococcus albidus. Microbios Letters 10: 55–61. 

T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1978) The reduction of tellurate and tellurite by Cryptococcus albidus. Microbios Letters 

7: 121–125. 

T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1977) Cytochemical localization of mercury in Cryptococcus albidus grown in the 

presence of mercuric chloride. Journal of General Microbiology 99: 435–439. 

T.A.Brown & D.G.Smith (1976) Effects of silver nitrate on the growth and ultrastructure of the yeast Cryptococcus 


Books 

T.A.Brown (2011) Introduction to Genetics: A Molecular Approach. Garland Science, Abingdon (530 pages) 

T.A.Brown & K.A.Brown (2011) Biomolecular Archaeology: An Introduction. Wiley-Blackwell, New York (312 

pages) 

T.A.Brown (2006) Genomes III. Garland Science Abingdon (713 pages). 

T.A.Brown (2002) Genomes II. BIOS, Oxford (572 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1999) Genomes. BIOS, Oxford (472 pages). 

T.A.Brown (2010) Gene Cloning: An Introduction, 6 th edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester (320 pages) 

T.A.Brown (2005) Gene Cloning: An Introduction, 5 th edition. Blackwell, Oxford (386 pages) 

T.A.Brown (2001) Gene Cloning: An Introduction, 4 th edition. Blackwell, Oxford (363 pages).

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T.A.Brown (1995) Gene Cloning: An Introduction, 3 rd edition. Chapman and Hall, London (334 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1990) Gene Cloning: An Introduction, 2 nd edition. Chapman and Hall, London (286 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1986) Gene Cloning: An Introduction. Chapman and Hall, London (234 pages). 

T.A.Brown (ed.) (2000 & 2001) Essential Molecular Biology: A Practical Approach, Vols 1 and 2, 2 nd edition. Oxford 

University Press, Oxford (240 & 289 pages). 

T.A.Brown (ed.) (1991) Essential Molecular Biology: A Practical Approach, Vols 1 and 2, 1 st edition. Oxford 

University Press, Oxford (299 & 296 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1997) Genetics: A Molecular Approach, 3 rd edition. Chapman and Hall, London (469 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1992) Genetics: A Molecular Approach, 2 nd edition. Chapman and Hall, London (467 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1989) Genetics: A Molecular Approach. Chapman and Hall, London (387 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1998) Molecular Biology Labfax, Vols 1 and 2, 2 nd edition. Academic Press, London (377 & 255 

pages). 

T.A.Brown (1991) Molecular Biology Labfax, 1 st edition. BIOS, Oxford (322 pages). 

T.A.Brown (1994) DNA Sequencing: The Basics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 101 pages. 

T.A.Brown (1994) Principles of Gene Cloning and Analysis (COMETT Biotechnology Project, Manual 1). 

International Institute of Biotechnology, Canterbury. 

S.G.Oliver & T.A.Brown (1985) Microbial Extrachromosomal Genetics. Van Nostrand Reinhold, Wokingham, 85 

pages. 

72 other publications (book chapters, general science articles, abstracts, etc)

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