Karl Hudspith

Karl Hudspith (born 31 March 1988 in Hammersmith, London), is a British rower and scientist. Hudspith competed in four Boat Races from 2011 to 2014 for Oxford, and was a member of the winners' team on three occasions. Hudspith competed for Great Britain in rowing at Junior, Under-23, Student, and Senior levels and is a two time World University Rowing Champion. He completed his PhD at the University of Oxford where he developed a next-generation sequencing based diagnostic test for inherited retinal degeneration before beginning a legal career in American intellectual property law in Washington DC.

Karl Hudspith
Karl Hudspith at the Wilmer Eye Institute
Personal information
Birth nameKarl Alexander Zhivojin Hudspith
Born (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988
Hammersmith, London, England
EducationHampton School, Oxford Brookes University, University of Oxford
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
FISU World University Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 SzegedM8+
Gold medal – first place2014 AiguebeletteM8+
World Rowing U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 BrestM8+
The Boat Race
Gold medal – first place The Boat Race 2011 Oxford
Gold medal – first place The Boat Race 2013 Oxford
Gold medal – first place The Boat Race 2014 Oxford
Silver medal – second place The Boat Race 2012 Oxford
Henley Royal Regatta
Gold medal – first place Prince Albert 2009 Oxford Brookes

Rowing career

Hudspith learned to row at Hampton School Boat Club, where he represented Great Britain in his final year at the 2006 Junior World Championships. Hudspith would go on to represent Great Britain at the 2008, 2009, and 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships, the 2013 World Rowing Cup, and the 2010 and 2014 FISU World University Rowing Championships.[1]

Hudspith was in the five seat of the winning Oxford Blue boat at the 2011 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race.[2] For the 2012 season Hudspith was elected president of the Oxford University Boat Club, and rowed in the five seat during the controversial 2012 Boat race which was disrupted by a protester.[3] Hudspith rowed in the six seat for the 2013 boat race, which Oxford won by a length and a half.[4] Hudspith competed in his fourth boat race in 2014 in the three seat, winning by eleven lengths, the largest winning margin in 41 years.[5]

Science career

Hudspith obtained his bachelor's degree in Biology at Oxford Brookes University, before completing a PhD in Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford. During Hudspith's Doctoral work he helped develop a next-generation sequencing based DNA diagnostic test for patients with inherited retinal degenerations which was introduced into the NHS in Oxfordshire.[6] Hudspith was part of the team that discovered that mutations in the PIGQ and CBL genes are a cause of Ohtahara syndrome, a rare and fatal form of early-onset epilepsy.[7]

Hudspith completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University. Hudspith worked in the lab of Dr Mandeep Singh with the aim of developing a stem-cell based regenerative medicine treatment for inherited retinal degenerations.[8] He was the 2015 and 2018 recipient of the Juliette RP Vision Foundation Young Scientist Award.[9]

Hudspith joined the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as a scientific adviser in January 2019. Hudspith is part of the firm's patents and innovation practice in the life sciences [10]

Personal life

Hudspith grew up in Twickenham, England, and attended Hampton School. He currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland and is married to Lauren Hudspith.

References
  1. "Karl Hudspith". World Rowing. Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via worldrowing.com.
  2. "Oxford surge to Boat Race victory". 26 March 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2016 – via bbc.co.uk.
  3. Malnick, Edward (7 April 2012). "University Boat Race 2012 halted by swimmer". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via telegraph.co.uk.
  4. "Oxford power to 2013 Boat Race win". BBC Sport. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via bbc.co.uk.
  5. Quarrell, Rachel (6 April 2014). "The Boat Race 2014: Oxford University claim biggest win over Cambridge since 1973". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via telegraph.co.uk.
  6. Shanks, M.E. (2013). "Next-generation sequencing (NGS) as a diagnostic tool for retinal degeneration reveals a much higher detection rate in early-onset disease". European Journal of Human Genetics. 21 (3): 274–280. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2012.172. PMC 3573204. PMID 22968130.
  7. Martin, H.C. (2014). "Clinical whole-genome sequencing in severe early-onset epilepsy reveals new genes and improves molecular diagnosis". Human Molecular Genetics. 23 (12): 3200–3211. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2013.91. PMC 4030775. PMID 24463883.
  8. "Sightline special edition 2016" (PDF). Wilmer Eye Institute. Retrieved 6 August 2018 – via hopkinsmedicine.org.
  9. "Young Scientist Retina Research Grant". juliettefoundation.org. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  10. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC. "Karl Hudspith WSGR attorney bio". wsgr.com. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
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