astronomy

Pauline Rudd

Pauline Rudd 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 Pauline Rudd rather than just read about it. In short: Pauline Rudd is a British biochemist and Professor at the Microbiome Institute, University College Cork. She is a founder of Wessex Biochemicals, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and was awarded the James Gregory Medal in 2010.

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Reference excerpt

Pauline Rudd is a British biochemist and Professor at the Microbiome Institute, University College Cork. She is a founder of Wessex Biochemicals, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and was awarded the James Gregory Medal in 2010.

Early life and education Rudd grew up in Bournemouth and attended Bournemouth School for Girls. As a child she wanted to be a physicist. Her uncle was a physicist, and Rudd joined the British Junior Astronomical Association. She was the only girl in a group of 48 boys, and said she was never allowed to look down the telescope. The male dominated environment of physics made Rudd consider a career in chemistry instead. When she was fourteen, she started to use washing machines and liquidisers to create rare sugars and sugar phosphates. She sold these chemicals through and co-founded Wessex Biochemicals. Rudd was an undergraduate chemistry student at Westfield College, then part of the University of London. After earning her degree, she joined Wessex Biochemicals which employed thirty people before being acquired by Sigma-Aldrich. She completed her PhD in 1995 which was awarded by the Open University.

Research and career Rudd joined the glycobiology institute at the University of Oxford in 1985. At the time, it was difficult for women scientists to secure jobs as academic personnel, and Rudd joined as a glass washer. She learned how to work with glycoproteins and large sugars and eventually completed a doctorate on glycoforms at the Open University in 1995. Rudd moved to the Scripps Research institute, and held a visiting position at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She commercialised her work on liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LCMS) with Waters Corporation. Rudd has worked to miniaturise technologies for glycol analysis. For example, she has used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to link individual genomes to their serum glycome and individual proteins. She moved to University College Dublin in 2006, where was made head of the Dublin-Oxford glycobiology laboratory research group. She opened the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), where she developed new processes for protein glycosylation in an attempt to characterise recombinant protein drugs.

Awards and honours Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM) Awarded Fellowship of the International Society for Science and Religion 2010 James Gregory Medal 2010 Agilent Thought Leader Award 2012 Waters Corporation Center of Innovation Program Honors 2014 University of Gothenburg Sahlgrenska institute Honorary Doctorate 2016 The Analytical Scientist Power List 2017 International glycoconjugate organisation award

Selected publications Rudd PM; Elliott T; Cresswell P; Wilson IA; Dwek RA (1 March 2001). "Glycosylation and the immune system". Science. 291 (5512): 2370–2376. doi:10.1126/science.291.5512.2370. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 11269318. Wikidata Q34195578. James N Arnold; Mark R Wormald; Robert B. Sim; Pauline M Rudd; Raymond A Dwek (1 January 2007). "The impact of glycosylation on the biological function and structure of human immunoglobulins". Annual Review of Immunology. 25: 21–50. doi:10.1146/annurev.immunol.25.022106.141702. ISSN 0732-0582. PMID 17029568. Wikidata Q36618276. P. Van den Steen; P. M. Rudd; R. A. Dwek; G. Opdenakker (1 January 1998). "Concepts and principles of O-linked glycosylation". Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 33 (3): 151–208. doi:10.1080/10409239891204198. ISSN 1040-9238. PMID 9673446. Wikidata Q34749639.

Personal life Rudd serves as an associate of the Anglican Church at the Community of St Mary the Virgin in Wantage, Oxfordshire. She took a fifteen-year career break to raise her four children.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pauline Rudd

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pauline Rudd 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 Pauline Rudd 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 Pauline Rudd 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 Pauline Rudd

In research: Pauline Rudd 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 Pauline Rudd 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: Pauline Rudd is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Alumni of the Open University, Alumni of the University of London, Biochemists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pauline Rudd 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

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