People
Linington, Simon H.
| Job Title | Head of Curation |
|---|---|
| Department | Seed Conservation |
| Section | Curation |
| Science Teams |
Millennium Seed Bank Project |
| Joined Kew | 1981 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc (Hons), Botany, Univ. Exeter, 1976
MSc, Plant Breeding, Univ. College Wales (Aberystwyth), 1978.
Chair, Management Team, European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET)
UK Plant Genetic Resources Group
Hon. Lecturer, University of Birmingham.
Role
Seed conservation especially seed processing and germination, and seed bank design.
Management responsibility for seed processing and maintenance for the Millennium Seed Bank collections. Provision of advice on seed bank design. Management responsibility for ENSCONET (EU-funded project co-ordinated by RBG Kew involving 19 institutes in 12 countries). Involvement in delivery of smaller MSBP collaborations. Responsible for production of annual MSBP Business Case and maintenance of MSBP cash flow.
Projects
Comparative Longevity (Orthodox Seeds)
Development of Predictive Tool of Germination Requirements for MSB Collections
European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET)
Millennium Seed Bank Project China Programme
Solving Seed Germination Problems in Conservation Collections
Theme: Ecophysiology and Morphology
Theme: Genetics and Chemical Traits
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Linington, S. (2001). The Millennium Seed Bank Project. In Rushton, B.S., Hackney, P. & Tyrie, C.R. (eds) Biological Collections and Biodiversity. Linnean Society Occasional Publications 3. UK: Westbury Publishing. 121-125.
Alton, S. & Linington, S. (2002). The UK Flora Programme of the Millennium Seed Bank Project: the outcome of a collaboration between volunteers and professionals. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter 128: 1-10.
Pritchard, H.W. & Linington, S.H. (2002). Tree Seeds and the Millennium Seed Bank Project. Forest Genetic Resources 30: 27-30.
Linington, S.H. (2003). The design of seed banks. In Smith, R.D., Dickie, J.D.,
Linington, S.H., Pritchard, H.W., & Probert, R.J. (eds) Seed Conservation; turning science into practice. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Linington, S.H., Tenner, C. & Smith, R.D. (2003). Seed banks: ex situ is not out of place. Biologist 50(5): 202-207.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Linington, S., Mkhonta, D., Pritchard, H.W. & Terry, J. (1996). A provisional germination testing scheme for seed of the Compositae. In Caligari, P.D.S. & Hind, D.J.N. (eds) Compositae: Biology and Utilisation. Proceedings of the International Compositae Conference. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. 223-235.
Hong, T.D., Linington, S.H. & Ellis, R.H. (1998). Compendium of Information on Seed Storage Behaviour. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 901 pp. (Two volumes, families A-H and I-Z).
Linington, S.H. & Smith, R.D. (1998). Long-term seed conservation and the Kew Seed Bank. In Shibata, T. & Etoh, T. (eds) Proceedings of International Workshop on Ultra-long-term Cryogenic Preservation Network of Biological and Environmental Specimens. Osaka, Japan. 220-231.
Smith,R.D., Linington, S.H. & Wechsberg, G.E. (1998). The Millennium Seed Bank, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Dry Tropics. In Prendergast, H.D.V., Etkin, N.L. Harris, D.R. & Houghton, P.J. (eds) Plants for Food and Medicine: Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the Society for Economic Botany and the International Society for Ethnopharmacology. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 251-261.
Linington, S.H. & Pritchard, H.W. (2000). Genebanks. In Levin, S (ed) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Volume 3. Academic Press. 165-181.