astronomy

Linda Bisson

Linda Bisson is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Linda Bisson rather than just read about it. In short: Linda Bisson is a trained yeast geneticist who focuses on sugar catabolism and fermentation. She is a retired professor and geneticist from the University of California, Davis.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Linda Bisson from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Linda Bisson is a trained yeast geneticist who focuses on sugar catabolism and fermentation. She is a retired professor and geneticist from the University of California, Davis.

Education and career Bisson has an undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University and, in 1975, Bisson her masters' degree from there while working on the bacteria Pseudomonas. She then earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from the University of California, Berkeley where she worked on metabolism of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Following her Ph.D, she was a postdoc at Harvard Medical School before joining the faculty at University of California, Davis as an assistant professor in 1985. She was the Viticulture and Enology Chair from 1990 to 1995 and then the Maynard A. Amerine Endowed Chair in Viticulture and Enology from 1997 to 2008. She was the science editor of the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture (AJEV) for 15 years and the co-author of the text book, “Principles and Practices of Winemaking.” The textbook won the Le Prix en Oenologie from the Office International de la Vigne et du Vin in 1998.

Awards In 2002, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from UC Davis Extension; in 2004, she received the Excellence in Education Award from Associated Students of UCD; and in 2012, she was awarded the DEVO Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2011, she received the James M. Craig Lectureship Award from Oregon State University. In 2014, she was honored with the American Society for Enology and Viticulture's (ASEV) highest honor, the Merit Award, and was the ASEV Honorary Research Lecturer in 2000. She also received the University of California, Davis Charles P. Nash Prize.

Selected publications Bisson, Linda F.; Waterhouse, Andrew L.; Ebeler, Susan E.; Walker, M. Andrew; Lapsley, James T. (August 2002). "The present and future of the international wine industry". Nature. 418 (6898): 696–699. Bibcode:2002Natur.418..696B. doi:10.1038/nature01018. PMID 12167877. S2CID 4383878. Bisson, L. F.; Fraenkel, D. G. (1 March 1983). "Involvement of kinases in glucose and fructose uptake by Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80 (6): 1730–1734. Bibcode:1983PNAS...80.1730B. doi:10.1073/pnas.80.6.1730. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 393677. PMID 6300872. Bisson, Linda F. (1 January 1999). "Stuck and Sluggish Fermentations". American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 50 (1): 107–119. doi:10.5344/ajev.1999.50.1.107. ISSN 0002-9254. S2CID 87840387. Boulton, Roger B.; Singleton, Vernon L.; Bisson, Linda F.; Kunkee, Ralph E. (1999). Principles and Practices of Winemaking. New York. ISBN 978-0834212701.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Linda Bisson

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Linda Bisson claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Linda Bisson before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Linda Bisson ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Linda Bisson

In research: Linda Bisson appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Linda Bisson in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Linda Bisson is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American geneticists, American women geneticists, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Linda Bisson outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Linda Bisson in simple terms?

Linda Bisson is a trained yeast geneticist who focuses on sugar catabolism and fermentation. She is a retired professor and geneticist from the University of California, Davis.

Why does Linda Bisson matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Linda Bisson?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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