Spouse Simon van Heyningen Name Veronica Heyningen | Doctoral advisor Walter Bodmer | |
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Born November 12, 1946 (age 77) ( 1946-11-12 ) Institutions University of Edinburgh
MRC Human Genetics Unit
University College London
National Museums Scotland
The Genome Analysis Centre Thesis Mitochondrial and other enzymes in somatic cell hybrids (1973) Alma mater Girton College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Northwestern University, University of Oxford Fields Human genetics, Developmental biology Notable awards Order of the British Empire, Royal Society Institution University of Edinburgh, National Museums Scotland | ||
Conference 2013 Keynote Part 1: Working with Aniridia Network UK
Professor Veronica van Heyningen CBE FRS FMedSci (née Daniel, born 12 November 1946) is a British geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia. She was head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh and the president of The Genetics Society.
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- Conference 2013 Keynote Part 1 Working with Aniridia Network UK
- Education
- Awards and honours
- Personal life
- References
Education
van Heyningen studied Natural Sciences (genetics) at the University of Cambridge, and at Northwestern University. She went to study for a DPhil at the University of Oxford in early gene mapping studies using somatic cell hybrids, with Walter Bodmer.
Awards and honours
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.
Personal life
In 1968 she married Simon van Heyningen. She was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's "The Life Scientific" in 2014.
References
Veronica van Heyningen Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA