Elizabeth Robertson

Elizabeth Robertson
Institutions Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford
Alma mater University of Oxford and University of Cambridge
Doctoral advisor Sir Martin Evans
Notable awards FRS

Elizabeth Robertson FRS is a British scientist based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford.[1] She is Professor of Developmental Biology[2] and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow.[3] She is best known for her pioneering work in developmental genetics, having demonstrated how genetic mutations could be introduced into the mouse germ line through genetically altered embryonic stem cells.[4]

Education

Robertson earned her BSc and MSc from the University of Oxford.[5]

She received a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1982 under the supervision of Martin Evans.[6][7]

Awards and honours

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