Mary Bownes

Mary Bownes
Born 1948 (age 67–68)
Devon
Citizenship United Kingdom
Nationality English
Fields Molecular biology, Developmental biology
Institutions University of Edinburgh, University of Essex
Alma mater University of Sussex (DPhil)
Thesis Determination in drosophila embryos (1973)
Notable awards FRES, FRSE, FRSB

Mary Bownes OBE FRSE FRES FRSB is an English molecular and developmental biologist; she is Vice Principal Community Engagement and Emerita Professor of Developmental Biology at the University of Edinburgh.[1] She has taught genetics, molecular biology and developmental biology at all levels and was previously Head of the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology at the University from 1998-2001.[2]

Education and research career

Bownes was awarded her Ph.D by the University of Sussex 1973 for her thesis on determination in drosophila embryos[3] and continued to research oogenesis and embryogenesis in drosophila over the next years at the University of Freiburg, University of California, Irvine and University of Essex before settling at the University of Edinburgh in 1979.[2] She was appointed Professor of Developmental Biology in 1993[2] and Head of the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology in 1998.[2]

Current positions held

Bownes is an External Advisor to the Royal Society Evaluation Panel,[4] a board member of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland,[5] Director of the Scottish Initiative for Biotechnology Education,[6] Director of the Edinburgh Beltane[7] and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Meeting Committee.[8]

Previous positions

Bownes's previous roles have included being a member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Strategy Board,[9] and serving on the boards of the Scottish Association for Marine Science[10] and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Thematic Vice-Principals - Professor Mary Bownes". University of Edinburgh.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biological Sciences - People - Professor Mary Bownes". University of Edinburgh.
  3. ↑ Bownes, Mary (1973). Determination in drosophila embryos (Ph.D.). University of Sussex.
  4. ↑ "Evaluation Panel". Royal Society. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. ↑ "RZSS Board". Royal Zoological Society of Scotland. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Group Members". Scottish Initiative for Biotechnology Education. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ↑ "Universities look to put the public at centre of research" (PDF). Universities Scotland. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Current Committee Members" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  9. ↑ Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Annual Report and Accounts 2006-2007 (PDF). The Stationery Office. ISBN 9780102946598.
  10. ↑ "Governance". Scottish Association for Marine Science. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  11. ↑ "New Board Members". Highlands and Islands Enterprise. 2011-02-04. Retrieved 2016-10-12.


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