title: Introduction: Andrew Thomson and the Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology at the University of East Anglia.
abstract: The present article briefly relates the early history and growth of the Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology at UEA (University of East Anglia) under the joint directorship of A.J. Thomson and C. Greenwood, and charts the exceptional success that this centre has had in fostering bioinorganic chemistry in the U.K. and the impact that it has had internationally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, UK. wilsmt@essex.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D001671:Biochemistry; D001695:Biology; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D006113:United Kingdom; D014495:Universities
chemical_list: D008667:Metalloproteins