Anne Ferguson-Smith
Mammalian developmental geneticist (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anne Carla Ferguson-Smith CBE FRS FMedSci[2][3] (born 23 July 1961) is a mammalian developmental geneticist. She is the Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics and Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and International Partnerships at the University of Cambridge. Formerly head of the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge, she is a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge and serves as President of the Genetics Society.[4][5][6]
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Born | Anne Carla Ferguson-Smith (1961-07-23) 23 July 1961 (age 62) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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Mark McHarg ā (m. 1988) |
Children | 2 |
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Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Thesis | A genomic analysis of the human homeobox gene loci HOX 1 and HOX 2 (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Frank Ruddle[1] |
Other academic advisors | Azim Surani |
Website | www |
Ferguson-Smith is an authority on genomic imprinting and the epigenetic control of genome function in health and disease, and is recognised for her work on parental-origin effects and epigenetic mechanisms.[2] Her work has uncovered epigenetically regulated processes in development and over the life course, and identified key in vivo mechanisms involved in the maintenance of epigenetic states. She also explores communication between the environment and the genome with implications for health, disease and inheritance.[3]