Emma Whitelaw
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Emma Whitelaw {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|FAA}} is an eminent molecular biologist and NHMRC Australia Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and is among Australia's leading researchers of epigenetics{{says who|date=August 2020}}. Whitelaw was the first to demonstrate epigenetic inheritance in mammals.{{cite journal | pmid = 10545949 | doi=10.1038/15490 | volume=23 | title=Epigenetic inheritance at the agouti locus in the mouse | journal=Nat Genet | pages=314–8 | last1 = Morgan | first1 = HD | last2 = Sutherland | first2 = HG | last3 = Martin | first3 = DI | last4 = Whitelaw | first4 = E| year=1999 | issue=3 | s2cid=21512043 }} She now currently works at La Trobe University in Australia.
Biography
Whitelaw performed undergraduate studies at the Australian National University and obtained her D.Phil. from University of Oxford.[http://www.ihbi.qut.edu.au/about/events/Events_docs/IHBI%20Australia%20Fellows%20Series%20Advertising%20flyer%20-%20Prof.%20Emma%20Whitelaw.pdf Professor Emma Whitelaw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301175508/https://www.ihbi.qut.edu.au/about/events/Events_docs/IHBI%20Australia%20Fellows%20Series%20Advertising%20flyer%20-%20Prof.%20Emma%20Whitelaw.pdf |date=1 March 2011 }}, www.ihbi.qut.edu.au, retrieved 9 June 2012 She has worked for 15 years in London and Oxford, and since 1991 in Australia. She heads the Department of Population Studies and Human Genetics, dedicated to the study of epigenetics and mammalian gene expression, at Queensland Institute of Medical Research.[http://www.nged.adelaide.edu.au/member_profiles/Whitelaw_Emma.html NGED Network Member Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119164138/http://www.nged.adelaide.edu.au/member_profiles/Whitelaw_Emma.html |date=19 January 2012 }}, retrieved 9 June 2012
Work
Whitelaw has worked extensively on the control of gene expression in higher eukaryotes. In 1999 Whitelaw, together with her co-workers made the first-ever demonstration of epigenetic inheritance in mammals.Michael Balter: [http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2006/04/12-02.html Inheritance Is More Than Gene Deep] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621033935/http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2006/04/12-02.html |date=21 June 2013 }}, Science, 12 April 2006, retrieved 9 June 2012
Awards
In 2008, Whitelaw was awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia Fellowship and in 2011 she became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.{{Cite web|url=https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/professor-emma-whitelaw |title=Professor Emma Whitelaw |publisher=Australian Academy of Science|access-date=25 September 2016}} In 2011, she received the Jubilee Medal from the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for work on the transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic marks.Tim Dean: [http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/377784/epigenetics_researcher_emma_whitelaw_awarded_iubmb_jubilee_medal/ Epigenetics researcher Emma Whitelaw awarded IUBMB Jubilee Medal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325221457/http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/377784/epigenetics_researcher_emma_whitelaw_awarded_iubmb_jubilee_medal/ |date=25 March 2012 }}, LifeScientist, 24 February 2011, retrieved 9 June 2012
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119164138/http://www.nged.adelaide.edu.au/member_profiles/Whitelaw_Emma.html NGED Network Member Profile], with lists of grants and recent publications
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321002832/http://www.qimr.edu.au/page/Lab/Epigenetics/ Epigenetics], Queensland Institute of Medical Research
- Fiona Wylie: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331172323/http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/330686/feature_nature_nurture_neither_/ Feature: Nature or Nurture? Neither!], LifeScientist, 29 December 2009
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