Andrew J. Millar | |
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| Born | London |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge, The Rockefeller University |
| Known for | circadian rhythm, TOC1, bioluminescence imaging, Modelling biological systems |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society, FRSE, EMBO member |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Systems Biology, Plant Science, Chronobiology, Data Management. |
| Institutions | University of Virginia, University of Warwick, University of Edinburgh |
| Thesis | (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nam-Hai Chua, FRS |
| Other academic advisors | Steve A. Kay, Gene D. Block |
| Website | http://www.amillar.org |
Andrew John McWalter Millar is a Scottish chronobiologist, systems biologist, and molecular geneticist. Millar is a professor at The University of Edinburgh and also serves as its chair of systems biology. Millar is best known for his contributions to plant circadian biology; in the Steve Kay lab, he pioneered the use of luciferase imaging to identify circadian mutants in Arabidopsis. Additionally, Millar's group has implicated the ELF4 gene in circadian control of flowering time in Arabidopsis. Millar was elected to the Royal Society in 2012 and the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013.