Fellow 1991-1996

Research Interests
Chromatin and nuclear organisation of the mammalian genome, gene packaging and organisation within the chromosomes.

Other Information
Appointed Senior Scientist in the MRC Human Genetics Unit, 1.10.96
1997 Genetical Society Balfour Lecturer
Elected a Member of the Institute, 1997
Awarded the James S. McDonnell Foundation Centennial Fellowship in Human Genetics, 1999
Elected a member of EMBO, 2001
Nominated as Charles Darwin Award Lecturer 2001, at the BAAS
Appointed Hon Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2005
Elected a Member of the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee, 2008
Appointed Head of Section: Chromosome and Gene Expression, MRC Human Genetics Unit, 2009
Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Science, 2005
Elected a Member of the Institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee, 2008-2013
Head of Chromosome & Gene Expression, MRC Human Genetics Unit, 2009
Appointed to Institute’s Governing Body, 2013, re-elected 2018
President of the Genetics Society, 2015
Director MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, 2015
Elected to the Royal Society, 2017
Awarded CBE, 2021
Elected as a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)