Gillian Bates
Gillian Bates | |
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| Born | 19 May 1956[1] |
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| Known for | Co-discovering cause of Huntington's disease |
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| 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) |
| Website | www |
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
[edit | edit source]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 in 1987 for genetic mapping of the cystic fibrosis gene, working in the lab of Robert Williamson.[1][4]
Research
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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] In August 2024, Bates was recipient of the Royal Society's prestigious Ferrier Medal, which recognised her work in understanding the molecular basis of Huntington's disease.[14]
References
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- 1956 births
- 20th-century British biologists
- 21st-century British biologists
- 21st-century women biologists
- 20th-century British women scientists
- 21st-century British women scientists
- Academics of University College London
- British women biologists
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Female fellows of the Royal Society
- Huntington's disease
- Living people
- Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield