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Adrian Bird
Sir Adrian Peter Bird, is an English geneticist and Buchanan Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. Bird spent most of his academic career in Edinburgh, from obtaining his doctorate in 1970 until his work at the MRC Mammal Genome Unit and later as director of the Wellcome Trust Cell Biology Center. His research focuses on understanding DNA methylation and CpG islets, as well as their role in diseases such as Rett syndrome.
BornAdrian Peter Bird, July 03, 1947, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England
FieldsGenetics, Epigenetics, CpG sites, DNA methylation, MECP2
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Yale University, University of Zurich, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Alma materUniversity of Sussex (BSc), University of Edinburgh (PhD)
ThesisThe cytology and biochemistry of DNA amplification in the ovary of Xenopus laevis (1972)
Doctoral studentsRob Klose
InfluencesC. H. Waddington, John Kendrew, John Maynard Smith, Hamilton O. Smith
Notable awardsLouis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1999), Knight Bachelor (2014), Gabor Medal (1999), Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (2008), Gairdner award (2011), Brain Prize (2020)

About Adrian Bird

Biologist Adrian Bird was born in England on July 3, 1947. He's 76 years old today.

This eminent British geneticist got the Gabor Medal, the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, and the GlaxoSmithKline Prize, among other major distinctions, for his studies on CpG islands in DNA and a biochemical process known as DNA methylation.

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Adrian Bird before becoming famous

Adrian Bird was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1947 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He got his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh after getting an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Sussex. He also conducted research for Yale University, the University of Zurich, and the United Kingdom Medical Research Council.

Achievement of Adrian Bird

He directed and assisted in the establishment of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Adrian Bird's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He grew up in the English towns of Wolverhampton and Kidderminster. His marriage to Catherine Abbott, a geneticist, resulted in four children.

Adrian Bird Collabed with

Geneticist Alec Jeffreys, a fellow British geneticist, is a contemporary of his.

Adrian Bird Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Adrian Bird updated on March 10 2023.