Wendy Bickmore
Wendy Bickmore | |
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Residence | Edinburgh |
Citizenship | British |
Nationality | British |
Fields | Genetics and Genomics |
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Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Wendy Bickmore is a British genome biologist and Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit, The MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 2015 she became President of The Genetics Society.
Life
She obtained an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from University of Oxford and her PhD from the University of Edinburgh.
Works
Her work has focussed on how DNA, chromosomes and specific genes are organized and packaged in the cells nucleus,[1] how this process is regulated during development to facilitate the expression of genes, and how aberrant genome organization is linked to disease.[2] Professor Bickmore is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[3]
References
External links
- Official website
- Template:MRC Human Genetics Unit website