Susan Rosser FRSE FRSB FLSW is a professor of Synthetic Biology at the University of Edinburgh.
Susan Rosser | |
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| Alma mater | University of Dundee |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Synthetic biology |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Cambridge |
| Website | http://rosser.bio.ed.ac.uk/ |
Rosser’s research focuses on the development of synthetic biology approaches and tools for engineering pathways and genomes in cell systems. Her work has been applied in biologic therapeutics, developing genetic tools for engineering stem cells and bio-computation.[1]
Education
editRosser studied microbiology and genetics at the University of Dundee. Her Ph.D. was on the mechanisms of multiple antibiotic resistance.[2]
Career and research
editRosser is currently Professor of Synthetic Biology at the University of Edinburgh, a joint appointment between the Schools of Biological Sciences and of Engineering.[3] She is Director of the Edinburgh Mammalian Synthetic Biology Research Centre and Co-director of the Edinburgh Genome Foundry.[4]
She has previously worked in the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge researching the biotransformation of cocaine and explosive material. She was a lecturer in Biotechnology at the Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Glasgow, where she was promoted to Professor in 2012.[2] In 2011, she was awarded a Leadership Fellowship by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.[5]
In 2015 Rosser was awarded funding to develop a new research centre for synthetic biology in Edinburgh, jointly funded from the 2012 Autumn Statement, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the Medical Research Council.[6]
Rosser is a member of the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Development Group,[1] and the Scottish Science Advisory Council, Scotland's highest level science advisory body, providing independent advice and recommendations on science strategy, policy and priorities to the Scottish Government.[7]
Rosser is part of a group of scientists attempting to create a human genome in the laboratory, billed as an extension of the Human Genome Project, moving from reading the genome to building it.[8]
In April 2018, Rosser was a recipient of a Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies, a scheme providing long-term support to visionary researchers in developing technologies with high potential to deliver economic and social benefit to the United Kingdom.[9] Rosser was awarded the Chair for her research project to genetically engineer implantable 'surveillance cells' that recognize and process information associated with changes due to disease, which would allow for earlier detection and targeted treatment.[3]
Rosser was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022.[10] Rosser was also elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2022.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Professor Susan Rosser | The Scottish Science Advisory Council". www.scottishscience.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Professor Susan Rosser | Rosser Lab". rosser.bio.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Professor Susan Rosser awarded Royal Academy of Engineering's Chair in Emerging Technologies". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "RAEng Chairs in Emerging Technologies". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "EPSRC announces successful applicants for Leadership and Career Acceleration Fellowships - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Business Secretary announces £40M for UK synthetic biology - BBSRC". Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Expert panel appointed". Scottish Government News. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "can man maketh the man?; Experts launch attempt to build the human genome in the lab". Metro UK. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Academy funds global research visionaries to advance emerging technologies". Royal Academy of Engineering. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Thomas, James (22 March 2022). "Academic and artistic minds honoured as RSE Fellows". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ Wales, The Learned Society of. "Susan Rosser". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
External links
edit- Boeke, Jef; et al. (8 July 2016). "The Genome Project-Write". Science. 353 (6295): 126–7. Bibcode:2016Sci...353..126B. doi:10.1126/science.aaf6850. PMID 27256881.
- Rosser, Susan (5 June 2016). "We've learned to read our genes. Now we need to start writing them". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2018.