Sean Munro

{{short description|British biologist}}

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| fields = Cell biology

| workplaces = Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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| education = Netherhall School

| alma_mater = University of Oxford (BA)
University of Cambridge (PhD){{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|url=

https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/21857231?style=html|title=Structure and function of the 70kd heat shock protein and its relatives|first= Sean|last=Munro|date=1987|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.384530}}|website=jisc.ac.uk|oclc=499928213}}

| thesis_title = Structure and function of the 70kd heat shock protein and its relatives

| thesis_url = https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384530

| thesis_year = 1987

| doctoral_advisor = Hugh Pelham

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| awards = EMBO Member (1997){{cite web|url=https://people.embo.org/profile/sean-munro|title=Find people in the EMBO Communities|website=people.embo.org}}

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| website = {{URL|https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/sean-munro}}

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Sean Munro {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}}{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/sean-munro-11987/|title=Sean Munro |publisher=Royal Society|location=London|author=Anon|year=2011|website=royalsociety.org}} is a Group Leader at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).{{Who's Who | title=Munro, Dr (Bruce) Sean| |author=Anon|id =U256393| year = 2016 | doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U256393| edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}{{cite journal|last1=Short|first1=Ben|title=Sean Munro: Revealing the Golgi's true identity|journal=The Journal of Cell Biology|volume=192|issue=1|year=2011|pages=4–5|issn=0021-9525|doi=10.1083/jcb.1921pi|pmc=3019565|pmid=21220504}}{{Google scholar id}}{{Scopus id}} From 2012 until 2023, he served as Head of the Cell Biology Division.{{Cite web |last=Biology |first=©2023 MRC Laboratory of Molecular |last2=Avenue |first2=Francis Crick |last3=Campus |first3=Cambridge Biomedical |last4=CB2 0QH |first4=Cambridge |last5=Uk. 01223 267000 |title=Scientific Leadership: Directors, Deputy Directors & Heads of Divisions |url=https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/about-lmb/scientific-leadership-directors-deputy-directors-heads-of-divisions/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |language=en-GB}}