Elizabeth Robertson | |
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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 Royal Medal |
Elizabeth Jane Robertson FRS is a British scientist based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. She is Professor of Developmental Biology and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow. 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.
Robertson earned her BSc and MSc from the University of Oxford.
She received a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1982 under the supervision of Martin Evans. She stayed on at the University of Cambridge for her post-doctoral fellowship and continued to work there as a research assistant following the completion of her fellowship. She was a professor first at Columbia University and then Harvard University before moving to the University of Oxford.
Robertson currently serves as an editor of the journal Development. She serves on the editorial boards of Developmental Biology,Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, and Developmental Cell.