Jean Beggs | |
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| Born | Jean Duthie Lancaster (1950-04-16)16 April 1950 (age 74) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | Glasgow High School for Girls |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Known for | Molecular and cell biology, Genetics |
| Spouse | Dr Ian Beggs |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Awards | FRSE (1995) FRS (1998) CBE (2006) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Gene cloning in yeast, RNA splicing |
| Institutions | |
Jean Duthie Beggs (née Lancaster, born 16 April 1950) is a Scottish geneticist. She is theRoyal Society Darwin Trust Professor in theWellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology at theUniversity of Edinburgh.[1][2][3]
Beggs was born Jean Duthie Lancaster on 16 April 1950 to Jean Crawford (née Duthie) and William Renfrew Lancaster.[1] She attendedGlasgow High School for Girls. She graduated from theUniversity of Glasgow with a BSc (Hons) inBiochemistry in 1971,[4] and received her PhD from the University in 1974. From 1974-1977 she held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Molecular Biology at theUniversity of Edinburgh working with ProfessorsKenneth andNoreen Murray.[1][4] Having received aBeit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research, Beggs moved to thePlant Breeding Institute inCambridge, working there for two years. In 1979, she began work as a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry atImperial College London. In 1985, Beggs returned to the University of Edinburgh's Molecular Biology department at Edinburgh, where she was appointed Professor of Molecular Biology in 1999.[1][4][5]
Her research interests are in RNA splicing.[6]
In 1972 she married Dr Ian Beggs. They have two sons.[1]
She has been aFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 1995[1][7] and was elected aFellow of the Royal Society in 1998.[8]
In 2003, she was awarded the Royal Society'sGabor Medal "for her contributions to the isolation and manipulation of recombinant DNA molecules in a eukaryotic organism, adding a new dimension to molecular and cellular biology".[9]
She received aCBE in the2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to science.[10]
She was theRoyal Society of Edinburgh Vice President for Life Sciences from 2009 to 2012.
In 2016 she was awarded an honorary DSc by theUniversity of St Andrews.[11]
In 2018RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award.[12]
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