Gillian Bates
| Gillian Bates | |
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| Born | 19 May 1956[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Neurogenetics |
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| Thesis | Molecular approaches towards the fine genetic mapping of human chromosomes : with special reference to the cystic fibrosis gene (1987) |
| Known for | Co-discovering cause of Huntington's disease |
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Gillian Patricia Bates (born 19 May 1956)[1] FMedSci FRS is a British biologist. She is distinguished for her research into the molecular basis of Huntington's disease and in 1998 was awarded the GlaxoSmithKline Prize as a co-discoverer of the cause of this disease. As of 2016, she is Professor of Neurogenetics at UCL Institute of Neurology and the co-director of UCL Huntington's Disease Centre.[2][3]
Education
Bates was educated at Kenilworth Grammar School and the University of Sheffield where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979.[1] She completed her postgraduate study at Birkbeck College, London where she was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1984 followed by St Mary's Hospital Medical School where she was awarded a PhD 1987 for genetic mapping of the cystic fibrosis gene.[1][4]
Research
Bates's research has focused on Huntington's disease. She was one of the group who first cloned the Huntington's disease gene.[5][6] She also created the first mouse model of the disease, the R6/2 mouse, an important step in understanding the pathogenesis of Huntington's.[7]
Prior to joining UCL in 2016, Bates was the head of the Neurogenetics Research Group at King's College London.[8]
Awards and honours
Bates has been elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1999) and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (2002).[9][10][11] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007 and to its Council in 2011.[7][12] In 1998, she was awarded the Royal Society Glaxo Wellcome Award jointly with Stephen Davies, for the "discovery of the cause of Huntington's Disease".[13]
References
- 1 2 3 4 http://ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6775
- ↑ "Prof. G. Bates". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ Gillian Bates's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier. (subscription required)
- ↑ Bates, Gillian Patricia (1987). Molecular approaches towards the fine genetic mapping of human chromosomes : with special reference to the cystic fibrosis gene (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 940163599.
- ↑ Macdonald, M (1993). "A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes". Cell. 72 (6): 971–983. PMID 8458085. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(93)90585-E.
- ↑ Mangiarini, Laura; Sathasivam, Kirupa; Seller, Mary; Cozens, Barbara; Harper, Alex; Hetherington, Colin; Lawton, Martin; Trottier, Yvon; Lehrach, Hans; Davies, Stephen W; Bates, Gillian P (1996). "Exon 1 of the HD Gene with an Expanded CAG Repeat Is Sufficient to Cause a Progressive Neurological Phenotype in Transgenic Mice". Cell. 87 (3): 493–506. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81369-0.
- 1 2 Royal Society: New Fellows - 2007: Amos - Bruce(accessed 6 January 2009) Archived June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "King's College London - Gillian Bates". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ↑ http://people.embo.org/profile/gillian-bates
- ↑ Academy of Medical Sciences: Fellows: Professor Gillian Bates (accessed 6 January 2009)
- ↑ EMBO: Search for an EMBO member (accessed 6 January 2009)
- ↑ "Council of the Royal Society". Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ↑ Royal Society: GlaxoSmithKline previous winners 2005 - 1980(accessed 6 January 2009) Archived June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.