Ottoline Leyser
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Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser CBE
FRS
is a British
plant biologist
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from the University of Cambridge
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After post-doctoral research at Indiana University
and Cambridge, in she built an independent research programme at the University of York
., where she worked from 1994-2010. Among her honours are the Society of Experimental Biology’s President’s Medal (2000), the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award (2007), the International Plant Growth Substance Association’s Silver Medal (2010), and she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society
and a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2007. She is President Elect of International Plant Molecular Biology, Chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council Bioscience Skills and Careers Strategy Panel, and Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She is Co-Editor in Chief of Current Opinions in Plant Biology and an Editor of Development.
Prof. Ottoline Leyser in currently Associate Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University.
Order of the British Empire
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FRS
Royal Society
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is a British
United Kingdom
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plant biologist
Botany
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Biography
Ottoline received her BA (1986) and PhD (1990) in GeneticsGenetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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After post-doctoral research at Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
and Cambridge, in she built an independent research programme at the University of York
University of York
The University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects...
., where she worked from 1994-2010. Among her honours are the Society of Experimental Biology’s President’s Medal (2000), the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award (2007), the International Plant Growth Substance Association’s Silver Medal (2010), and she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
and a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2007. She is President Elect of International Plant Molecular Biology, Chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council Bioscience Skills and Careers Strategy Panel, and Member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics. She is Co-Editor in Chief of Current Opinions in Plant Biology and an Editor of Development.
Prof. Ottoline Leyser in currently Associate Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University.