Uta Francke | |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Education | Doctor of Medicine, University of Munich, 1967 |
Uta Francke is a German-American physician-geneticist known for her accomplishments in mapping genes to specific chromosome locations and discovering the genes and underlying mutations responsible for Prader-Willi and Rett syndromes. Her work on detailed mapping of human chromosome laid the foundation of the Human Genome Project and discovery of many other rare genetic disorders. She is currently a professor of Genetics and Pediatrics Emerita at Stanford University. She has also served as a consultant to 23andMe Inc since 2007,[1] and as a part-time employee from 2010-2013.[2]
Francke is a past-president of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and a founding member of the American College of Medical Genetics.