Elizabeth Robertson

For the actress, see Liz Robertson.

Liz Robertson
CBE FRS MAE
Born
Elizabeth Jane Robertson
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, MA)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
AwardsRoyal Medal (2016)
EMBO Member (2002)
Suffrage Science award (2011)
Scientific career
InstitutionsColumbia University
Harvard University
University of Oxford
Doctoral advisorMartin Evans

Elizabeth Jane Robertson CBE FRS MAE is a British developmental biologist based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford.[1] She is Professor of Developmental Biology[2] at Oxford and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow.[3] She is best known for her pioneering work in developmental genetics, showing that genetic mutations could be introduced into the mouse germ line by using genetically altered embryonic stem cells.[4][5] This discovery opened up a major field of experimentation for biologists and clinicians.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Elizabeth Robertson group Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, path.ox.ac.uk ; accessed 9 April 2018.
  2. ^ Liz Robertson Archived 6 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine, stemcells.ox.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ Principal Research Fellows Archived 14 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine, wellcome.ac.uk; accessed 9 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Elizabeth Robertson | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  5. ^ Schwartzberg, P. L.; Goff, S. P.; Robertson, E. J. (10 November 1989). "Germ-line transmission of a c-abl mutation produced by targeted gene disruption in ES cells". Science. 246 (4931): 799–803. Bibcode:1989Sci...246..799S. doi:10.1126/science.2554496. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 2554496.
  6. ^ Mak, T. W.; Penninger, J. M.; Ohashi, P. S. (2001). "Knockout mice: a paradigm shift in modern immunology". Nature Reviews. Immunology. 1 (1): 11–19. doi:10.1038/35095551. ISSN 1474-1733. PMID 11905810.
  7. ^ Butler, A. A.; Cone, R. D. (2001). "Knockout models resulting in the development of obesity". Trends in Genetics. 17 (10): S50–54. doi:10.1016/S0168-9525(01)02481-7. ISSN 0168-9525. PMID 11585677.
  8. ^ Smith, Austin G. (2001). "Embryo-Derived Stem Cells: Of Mice and Men". Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. 17 (1): 435–462. doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.17.1.435. PMID 11687496. S2CID 30030832.