Elizabeth Robertson

British geneticist · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1957 · age 69

Elizabeth Jane Robertson is a British developmental biologist based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. She is Professor of Developmental Biology at Oxford and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow.

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2016Fellow of the Academy of Medical SciencesAwardRoyal MedalAward2009Waddington MedalAward2008Edwin Grant Conklin MedalAward2007Pearl Meister Greengard PrizeAward1990Packard Fellowship for Science and EngineeringAward1957Born3 July 1957

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Royal Medal2016

Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences2016

Waddington Medal2009

Edwin Grant Conklin Medal2008

Pearl Meister Greengard Prize2007

Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering1990

Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship

EMBO Membership

About this person

She is best known for her pioneering work in developmental genetics, showing that genetic mutations could be introduced into the mouse germ line by using genetically altered embryonic stem cells. This discovery opened up a major field of experimentation for biologists and clinicians.

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Constance J. Chang-HasnainBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering

Peter A. LawrenceBoth received Waddington Medal Kristi AnsethBoth received Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering