Emma Whitelaw

Emma Whitelaw
Fields Molecular biologist
Notable awards International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Jubilee Medal

Emma Whitelaw is a molecular biologist and NHMRC Australia Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and is among Australia's leading researchers of epigenetics. Whitelaw was the first to demonstrate epigenetic inheritance in mammals.

Biography

Whitelaw performed undergraduate studies at the Australian National University and obtained her D.Phil. from University of Oxford.[1] She has worked for 15 years in London and Oxford, and since 1991 in Australia.[1] She heads the Department of Population Studies and Human Genetics, dedicated to the study of epigenetics and mammalian gene expression, at Queensland Institute of Medical Research.[2]

Work

Whitelaw has worked extensively on the control of gene expression in higher eukaryotes. In 1999 Whitelaw, together with her co-workers made the first-ever demonstration of epigenetic inheritance in mammals.[3]

Awards

In 2008, Whitelaw was awarded an NHMRC Australia Fellowship. In 2011, she received the Jubilee Medal from the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for work on the transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic marks.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Professor Emma Whitelaw, www.ihbi.qut.edu.au, retrieved 9 June 2012
  2. ↑ NGED Network Member Profile, retrieved 9 June 2012
  3. ↑ Michael Balter: Inheritance Is More Than Gene Deep, Science, 12 April 2006, retrieved 9 June 2012
  4. ↑ Tim Dean: Epigenetics researcher Emma Whitelaw awarded IUBMB Jubilee Medal, LifeScientist, 24 February, 2011, retrieved 9 June 2012

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