Denise Sheer

Denise Sheer
Born	Johannesburg, South Africa
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Fields	Human Genetics
Institutions	Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Known for	Cancer Genetics, Genome Biology

Denise Sheer was appointed Professor of Human Genetics at The Institute of Cell and Molecular Science at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2006. After completing a B.Sc (Hons) degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburgin 1973, she ran the Diagnostic Cytogenetics laboratory at the South African Institute of Medical Research for two years. She then moved to the University of Oxford, where she was awarded a D.Phil in 1980. From 1983 - 2006 she was Head of The Human Cytogenetics Laboratory at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, now the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute.

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