Dame Kay Davies | |
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Born | Kay Elizabeth Partridge 1 April 1951[5] Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Known for | Duchenne muscular dystrophy research |
Spouse | [5] |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics[2] |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Structure and function of Chromatin from the slime mould Physarum polycephalum (1976) |
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Website | www |
Dame Kay Elizabeth Davies (née Partridge; born 1 April 1951)[5] is a British geneticist. She is Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford. She is director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) functional genetics unit, a governor of the Wellcome Trust,[6] a director of the Oxford Centre for Gene Function, and a patron and Senior Member of Oxford University Scientific Society.[7] Her research group has an international reputation for work on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In the 1980s, she developed a test which allowed for the screening of foetuses whose mothers have a high risk of carrying DMD.[2][8]
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