Trefor Jenkins

Trefor Jenkins (24 n'ọnwa Julaị n'afọ 1932 - ụbọchị abụọ n'onwa Julaị n'afọ 2025) bụ onye South African human geneticist, amaara maka ọrụ ya na DNA. Ọ bụ dean nke ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụike na Mahadum Witwatersrand.

Oge ọ malitere

Jenkins ruru eru na King's College na Westminster Hospital na London. Ọ bịara Afrịka dị ka onye ọrụ ahụike na Southern Rhodesia n'afọ 1960 ebe mbụ ọ zutere ọrịa sickle cell nke malitere mmasị ya na mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa.

Ọrụ

Jenkins nyere aka nke ukwuu na ihe ọmụma nke akara mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa na ndị mmadụ dị iche iche site na ọrụ ya na mkpụrụ ndụ ihe mere eme nke ìgwè ọbara na DNA polymorphisms, nke nyeere aka ịkọwa mmalite nke ìgwè ụmụ amaala n'Afrika. Ọ mụtakwara ọrịa nkea bụ sickle cell anaemia na albinism na ọkwa nke mkpụrụ ndụ. O bipụtara ma rụkọọ ọrụ n'ihe karịrị akwụkwọ 300 na akwụkwọ abụọ.

Ụkpụrụ Omume Ọgwụ

Jenkins bụkwa onye ọsụ ụzọ na-akụzi ọrụ nkuzi na Medical Ethics na Mahadum nke Witwatersrand ma nye aka dị ukwuu n'ọhịa a, ọkachasị na mmepụta ụkpụrụ nke Molecular Biology. Jenkins bụkwa onye na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru mmadụ, ọ bụkwa otu n'ime ndị dọkịta isii, bụ ndị jụrụ ụkpụrụ omume nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụike na gọọmentị South Africa gara aga mgbe ọnwụ, n'ụlọ mkpọrọ, nke Steve Biko, onye ndú Black Consciousness, n'ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 1977.

Ndụ na ọnwụ

Jenkins lara ezumike nká n'ọrụ prọfesọ oge niile n'afọ 1997, mana ọ gara n'ihu na-akụzi na Mahadum Witwatersrand ma na-arụ ọrụ na Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service . Jenkins bụ onye isi nke Ngalaba nke Human Genetics, School of Pathology, na South African Institute for Medical Research na Mahadum nke Witwatersrand, n'etiti ọnwa June n'afọ 1975 na ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 1998. Ọ bụ prọfesọ emeritus na onye nchọpụta prọfesụ na-asọpụrụ yana onye nkuzi na-asọ ùgwù na Biomethics.

Jenkins nwụrụ n'ụbọchị abụọ n'onwa Julaị n'afọ 2025, mgbe ọ dị afọ 92.