Geoffrey Frank Grant
| Geoffrey Frank Grant | |
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 GeofGrant.jpg Geoffrey Grant, 2002 | |
| Born | 5 September 1941 Empingham, Rutland, United Kingdom |
| 🏡 Residence | Palm Springs, California, United States |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | United Kingdom (1941–) Canada (1953–) United States (1991–) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of California, San Diego University of British Columbia |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | No-line, multicolored tennis court (1975) electronic line judge (1974) Co-discoverer – isolation, mode of action, and sequence of the brain hypothalamic peptide Somatostatin (1972). ITF World Senior Tennis Doubles Champion (2002) |
Geoffrey Frank Grant (born 5 September 1941) is a retired scientist and administrative manager formerly at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. Born in Empingham, Rutland, he moved to the United States and resides in Palm Springs, California.
Science career
As a postdoctoral fellow, he continued research at the nearby Salk Institute for Biological Studies, becoming an assistant research professor in the neuro-endocrinology laboratory of Roger Guillemin. At the Salk, he conducted studies and published with Guillemin[1] on the cell biology and mode of action/structure-activity relationships of hypothalamic hormone analogues and was a co-discoverer of the hypothalamic peptide, Somatostatin.[2] He has articles published in both Nature[3] and Science.[4]
His current interests include naturopathic theories, extending the theory he published – "The DOLE – Decline of Life's Energy – Theory of Aging" (2000).[5][6][dubious ]
Tennis
While a researcher at the Salk Institute, he designed, developed, and built a computerized electronic line judge computer.[7] In 1974 and 1975, his device was used in the first successful public demonstration of a computerized line-calling device at a professional tennis tournament.[citation needed] This original electronic line judge device was used by the Men's World Championship Tennis and Ladies' Virginia Slims sponsored tennis tours.[citation needed] The computerized device also made decisions about foot faults and service net cords. [8][9]
In the early 1975-76 years, the World TeamTennis (WTT) league adopted Dr. Grant's innovative tennis court design as a 'signature logo'.[citation needed] The original WTT no-line, multicolored tennis court was a multi-colored court with eleven separate colored areas, with no separating lines.[citation needed] A USPTO utility patent[10] was issued in 1977.[11]
Professional
During the last decade, Grant was a professor and administrative manager at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth[citation needed] and the University of Texas at Arlington[citation needed], where he assisted and mentored entrepreneurs in commercializing university intellectual property. He is now retired and lives in Palm Springs, California.
References
- ↑ http://www.geoffreygrant.com/Vale-Guillemin-Grant.html[self-published source?]
- ↑ Vale W, Brazeau P, Grant G, et al. (December 1972). "[Preliminary observations on the mechanism of action of somatostatin, a hypothalamic factor inhibiting the secretion of growth hormone]". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série D (in French). 275 (25): 2913–6. PMID 4347575.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Grant G, Vale W (June 1972). "Speculations on structural relationships between the hypothalamic releasing factors of pituitary hormones". Nature New Biology. 237 (75): 182–3. doi:10.1038/newbio237182a0. PMID 4556378.
- ↑ Vale W, Grant G, Rivier J, et al. (May 1972). "Synthetic polypeptide antagonists of the hypothalamic luteinizing hormone releasing factor". Science. 176 (4037): 933–4. doi:10.1126/science.176.4037.933. PMID 4555980.
- ↑ Grant, Geoffrey F.; Parr, Tyler (December 2000). "Decline of life's energy theory of ageing 2. Restoration of anabolic and regulatory processes". Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 10 (12): 1885–98. doi:10.1517/13543776.10.12.1885.
- ↑ Grant, Geoffrey F.; Parr, Tyler (August 2000). "Decline of life's energy theory of ageing 1. Revitalisation of energy metabolism and ageing mitochondria". Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 10 (8): 1233–43. doi:10.1517/13543776.10.8.1233.
- ↑ US patent 3982759, Grant, Geoffrey F., "Tennis court line monitoring apparatus", issued 28 September 1976
- ↑ Mason, John F. (26 April 1976). "An electronic linesman decides where the tennis ball bounces". Electronic Design Magazine: 55–57.
- ↑ Bentley, Ken (January 1975). "Is the tennis lineman obsolete?". Tennis Magazine: 20–22.
- ↑ US patent 4045022, Grant, Geoffrey F., "No-line tennis court", issued 30 August 1977
- ↑ "Jares, Joe (12 May 1975). "Patching a tattered image". Sports Illustrated: 68. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ Senior Manager of Research and Technology UNT-HSC 1998
- ↑ Director ATI. UTA Technology Business-Startup Incubator. 2003
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- 1941 births
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- British endocrinologists
- English expatriates in Canada
- English expatriates in the United States
- English inventors
- English biologists
- People from Rutland
- University of British Columbia alumni
- University of California, San Diego alumni
- University of North Texas faculty
- University of Texas at Arlington faculty
