Mariann Bienz
Mariann Bienz FRS FMedSci is a distinguished molecular biologist based at the UK Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. She has been a member of their Senior Scientific Staff since 1991,[1] was Joint Head of Cell Biology in 2007/8 and has been Joint Head of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry since 2008.
Life
She was educated at Gymnasium Winterthur and the University of Zürich where she studied Zoology and Molecular Biology and earned her PhD in 1981. She subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at the LMB and in 1986 returned to Zurich as Assistant Professor, and then (1990) Associate Professor also serving as a member of EMBO in 1989.[2]
She lists her recreations in Who's Who as music and mountain walking.[3]
Awards and honors
- Elected as a member of EMBO, 1989[4]
- Friedrich Miescher Prize, Swiss Biochemical Soc., 1990
- Fellow of the Royal Society 2003 [5]
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, 2006
References
- ↑ Staff. "The Academy of Medical sciences: Fellows: Dr Mariann Bienz FRS FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ Staff. "Dr Mariann Bienz Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Dr Mariann Bienz Profile". Debrett's. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ↑ Who's Who 2009 Profile for Mariann Bienz
- ↑ Oncogene (2006) 25, 7441. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1210062
- ↑ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007". London: The Royal Society. Retrieved 16 June 2012.