John E. Thompson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Biology
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Dr. John E. Thompson, received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Alberta, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). Currently he is retired from his duties as a Distinguished Professor Emiritus(Retired). Biochemistry and molecular biology of programmed cell death: the molecular basis of membrane deterioration in senescing and aging tissues; comparative aspects of senescence and stress including the role of hormones and the involvement of free radicals; functional genomics of senescence and apoptosis.
Research Interest
Biochemistry and molecular biology of programmed cell death: the molecular basis of membrane deterioration in senescing and aging tissues; comparative aspects of senescence and stress including the role of hormones and the involvement of free radicals; functional genomics of senescence and apoptosis.
Publications
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Burger BJ, Thompson ME, Cotter WD, Bercaw JE. Ethylene insertion and. beta.-hydrogen elimination for permethylscandocene alkyl complexes. A study of the chain propagation and termination steps in Ziegler-Natta polymerization of ethylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1990 Feb;112(4):1566-77.
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Wessel DL, Adatia I, Giglia TM, Thompson JE, Kulik TJ. Use of inhaled nitric oxide and acetylcholine in the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension and endothelial function after cardiopulmonary bypass. Circulation. 1993 Nov 1;88(5):2128-38.
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Thompson ME, Baxter SM, Bulls AR, Burger BJ, Nolan MC, Santarsiero BD, Schaefer WP, Bercaw JE. . sigma.-Bond metathesis for carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons and Sc-R (R= H, alkyl, aryl) bonds of permethylscandocene derivatives. Evidence for noninvolvement of the. pi. system in electrophilic activation of aromatic and vinylic CH bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1987 Jan;109(1):203-19.
