Emma Whitelaw FAA is an eminent molecular biologist and NHMRC Australia Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and is among Australia's leading researchers of epigenetics[according to whom?]. Whitelaw was the first to demonstrate epigenetic inheritance in mammals.[1] She now currently works at La Trobe University in Australia.
Emma Whitelaw | |
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| Awards | International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Jubilee Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Molecular biologist |
Biography
editWhitelaw performed undergraduate studies at the Australian National University and obtained her D.Phil. from University of Oxford.[2] She has worked for 15 years in London and Oxford, and since 1991 in Australia.[2] 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.[3]
Work
editWhitelaw 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.[4]
Awards
editIn 2008, Whitelaw was awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia Fellowship and in 2011 she became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[5] 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.[6]
References
edit- ^ Morgan, HD; Sutherland, HG; Martin, DI; Whitelaw, E (1999). "Epigenetic inheritance at the agouti locus in the mouse". Nat Genet. 23 (3): 314–8. doi:10.1038/15490. PMID 10545949. S2CID 21512043.
- ^ a b Professor Emma Whitelaw Archived 1 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, www.ihbi.qut.edu.au, retrieved 9 June 2012
- ^ NGED Network Member Profile Archived 19 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 9 June 2012
- ^ Michael Balter: Inheritance Is More Than Gene Deep Archived 21 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Science, 12 April 2006, retrieved 9 June 2012
- ^ "Professor Emma Whitelaw". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ Tim Dean: Epigenetics researcher Emma Whitelaw awarded IUBMB Jubilee Medal Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, LifeScientist, 24 February 2011, retrieved 9 June 2012
External links
edit- NGED Network Member Profile, with lists of grants and recent publications
- Epigenetics, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
- Fiona Wylie: Feature: Nature or Nurture? Neither!, LifeScientist, 29 December 2009
