Veronica Van Heyningen
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Veronica van Heyningen CBE
FRS
(nee Daniel, born 12 November 1946) is a British
geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia
. She is head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit
in Edinburgh and the current president of The Genetics Society
.. In 1968 she married Simon van Heyningen.
She took a first degree in genetics Cambridge University, and DPhil Oxford University in early gene mapping studies using somatic cell hybrids, with Walter Bodmer
.
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Order of the British Empire
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FRS
Royal Society
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(nee Daniel, born 12 November 1946) is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia
Anophthalmia
Anophthalmia, also known as anophthalmos , is the congenital absence of one or both eyes.-Prevalence:...
. She is head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit
MRC Human Genetics Unit
The Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit is situated at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh. It is one of the largest MRC research establishments, housing over two hundred scientists, support staff, research fellows, PhD students, and visiting workers.-Directors:* 1956 - 1969 Dr...
in Edinburgh and the current president of The Genetics Society
The Genetics Society
The Genetics Society is a British learned society. It was founded by William Bateson in 1919 and therefore is one of the oldest learned societies devoted to genetics....
.. In 1968 she married Simon van Heyningen.
She took a first degree in genetics Cambridge University, and DPhil Oxford University in early gene mapping studies using somatic cell hybrids, with Walter Bodmer
Walter Bodmer
Sir Walter Bodmer is a German-born British human geneticist. His father being Jewish, the family left Germany in 1938 and settled in Manchester. Bodmer has developed models for population genetics and done work on the human leukocyte antigen system and the use of somatic cell hybrids for human...
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She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Awards
- 1993-1998 Howard Hughes Medical InstituteHoward Hughes Medical InstituteHoward Hughes Medical Institute is a United States non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded by the American businessman Howard Hughes in 1953. It is one of the largest private funding organizations for biological and medical research in the United...
International Research Scholar - 2007 Fellow of the Royal Society
Works
- "Imortalized Cell Lines", Chromosome analysis protocols, Editor John R. Gosden, Humana Press, 1994, ISBN 9780896032439
- "Developmental biology", Doctors to the genome: from conception to maturity], Editors Ieuan A. Hughes, Mark Gardiner, Royal College of Physicians, 1998, ISBN 9781860160783
- Long-Range Control of Gene Expression, Editors Veronica Van Heyningen, Robert E. Hill, Academic Press, 2008, ISBN 9780123738813
External links
- "Veronica van Heyningen", Scientific commons