Prof Mary Bownes, OBE's Biography

Prof Mary Bownes, OBE's Professional Career

Career

postdoctoral assoc Univ of Freiburg and Univ of Calif Irvine 1973-76, lectr in genetics and developmental biology Univ of Essex 1976-79; Univ of Edinburgh: lectr in molecular biology 1979-89, sr lectr 1989-91, reader 1991-94, personal chair in developmental biology 1994-, assoc dean for postgrads Faculty of Science and Engrg 1997-98, head Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology 1998-2001, vice-princ 2003-06, memb numerous univ ctees and gps; dir Scottish Initiative for Biotechnology Educn 2002-; memb Editorial Advsy Bd Jl of Embryology and Experimental Morphology/Development 1982-88, memb Editorial Bd Insect Molecular Biology 1990-, assoc ed Developmental Biology 1992-95, memb Editorial Bd Jl of Endocrinology 2000-; author of numerous papers in jls, book chapters and review articles; external examiner: Univ of Sussex 1996-2000, Univ of Oxford 2001-03, Univ of York 2004-06, Univ of Glasgow 2005-08, Univ of Leicester 2007-09; chair: Steering Ctee Science and Plants for Schs (SAPS) Biotechnology Scotland Project 2000-09 (memb 1998-2000), Bd Edinburgh Centre for Rural Research 2003-09 (memb 1999, memb Exec Ctee 2000-03), Strategy Bd BBSRC 2004-07, Studentships and Fellowships Strategy Panel BBSRC 2004-08, Young People's Ctee RSE, Edcn Cmmn; memb: Bd Genetics Soc 1980-83, Ctee Br Soc for Developmental Biology 1982-87 (treas 1984-89), Advsy Bd Inst for Science Educn Scotland 2002-03, Advsy Bd MRC 2002-03, Cell and Molecular Biology Section Ctee RSE 2004-06, Meetings Ctee RSE 2005-09, Skills Ctee SFC 2006-09, Bd Highlands and Islands Enterprise 2008, Bd Exec Ctee RSE 2008-, Bd Scot Assoc of Marine Sciences; CBiol, FIBiol, FRES, FRSE, FRSA 2009

Prof Mary Bownes, OBE's Publications

Books and Publications

Metamorphosis (jt ed, 1985), Ecdysone from Metabolism to Regulation of Gene Expression (ed, 1986)

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