GROUP MEMBERS

ROBIN ALLSHIRE

robin.allshire@ed.ac.uk

Professor of Chromosome Biology

  • B.A. Genetics: Trinity College Dublin. 1981.

  • Ph.D. MRC Mammalian Genome Unit, University of Edinburgh. 1985. Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 PhD Scholarship.

  • Postdoc: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh. 1985-1989.

  • Visiting Scientist - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, New York. 1989-1990.

  • Junior Group Leader: MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh 1990-1995.

  • Senior Scientist: MRC Human Gentics Unit, Edinburgh. 1995-2002.

  • Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh. 2002-present.

  • EMBO Member. 1998.

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - 2005.

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, London - 2011.

  • Genetics Society (UK) Medal - 2013.

  • Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, London 2020.