Kay Davies
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Kay Davies in 2008
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| Born | Kay Elizabeth Partridge 1 April 1951 Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Thesis | Structure and function of Chromatin from the slime mould Physarum polycephalum' (1976) |
| Known for | Duchenne muscular dystrophy research |
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| Spouse | Stephen G. Davies (m. 1973–2000) |
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Dame Kay Elizabeth Davies, DBE, FRS, FMedSci (née Partridge; born 1 April 1951 in Stourbridge, West Midlands) is a British geneticist. She is Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. She is director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) functional genetics unit, a governor of the Wellcome Trust and a director of the Oxford Centre for Gene Function. Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.
Davies was educated at the Gig Mill School, Stourbridge County High School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford and Wolfson College, Oxford. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1976 for research on the structure and function of chromatin from the slime mould Physarum polycephalum.
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