Veronica van Heyningen

Veronica van Heyningen
CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Born
Veronica Daniel

(1946-11-12) 12 November 1946 (age 78)[6]
Békéscsaba, Hungary
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom (naturalised)
Alma mater
Spouse
Simon van Heyningen
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(m. 1968)​
[6]
AwardsEMBO Member (2002)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisMitochondrial and other enzymes in somatic cell hybrids (1973)
Doctoral advisorWalter Bodmer[7]
Websiteiris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=VVANH41

Veronica van Heyningen (née Daniel; born 12 November 1946,[6] Békéscsaba, Hungary[8]) is an English geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia as an honorary professor at University College London (UCL).[9][10][7][5] She previously served as head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh and the president of The Genetics Society.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] In 2014 she became president of the Galton Institute. As of 2019 she chairs the diversity committee of the Royal Society, previously chaired by Uta Frith.[18]

  1. ^ "Find people in the EMBO Communities". People.embo.org. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ Kleinjan, D. A.; Van Heyningen, V (2005). "Long-range control of gene expression: Emerging mechanisms and disruption in disease". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 76 (1): 8–32. doi:10.1086/426833. PMC 1196435. PMID 15549674.
  3. ^ Ericson, J; Rashbass, P; Schedl, A; Brenner-Morton, S; Kawakami, A; Van Heyningen, V; Jessell, T. M.; Briscoe, J (1997). "Pax6 controls progenitor cell identity and neuronal fate in response to graded Shh signaling". Cell. 90 (1): 169–80. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80323-2. PMID 9230312. S2CID 17054686.
  4. ^ Veronica van Heyningen publications from Europe PubMed Central
  5. ^ a b Veronica van Heyningen publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ a b c d e Anon (2017). "Van Heyningen, Prof. Veronica". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245983. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ a b Veronica Van Heyningen Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference van Heyningen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Veronica van Heyningen's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  10. ^ "Veronica van Heyningen, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4". Bbc.co.uk. BBC.
  11. ^ "Medical Research Council". Hgu.mrc.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  12. ^ Hill, R. E.; Favor, J; Hogan, B. L.; Ton, C. C.; Saunders, G. F.; Hanson, I. M.; Prosser, J; Jordan, T; Hastie, N. D.; Van Heyningen, V (1991). "Mouse small eye results from mutations in a paired-like homeobox-containing gene". Nature. 354 (6354): 522–5. Bibcode:1991Natur.354..522H. doi:10.1038/354522a0. PMID 1684639. S2CID 4317526.
  13. ^ Pritchard-Jones, K; Fleming, S; Davidson, D; Bickmore, W; Porteous, D; Gosden, C; Bard, J; Buckler, A; Pelletier, J; Housman, D; Van Heyningen, Veronica; Hastie, Nicholas (1990). "The candidate Wilms' tumour gene is involved in genitourinary development". Nature. 346 (6280): 194–7. Bibcode:1990Natur.346..194P. doi:10.1038/346194a0. PMID 2164159. S2CID 4350729.
  14. ^ Ton, C. C.; Hirvonen, H; Miwa, H; Weil, M. M.; Monaghan, P; Jordan, T; Van Heyningen, V; Hastie, N. D.; Meijers-Heijboer, H; Drechsler, M (1991). "Positional cloning and characterization of a paired box- and homeobox-containing gene from the aniridia region" (PDF). Cell. 67 (6): 1059–74. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90284-6. hdl:2027.42/28976. PMID 1684738. S2CID 34641827.
  15. ^ "Imortalized Cell Lines", Chromosome analysis protocols, Editor John R. Gosden, Humana Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-89603-243-9
  16. ^ "Developmental biology", Doctors to the genome: from conception to maturity], Editors Ieuan A. Hughes, Mark Gardiner, Royal College of Physicians, 1998, ISBN 978-1-86016-078-3
  17. ^ Long-Range Control of Gene Expression, Editors Veronica van Heyningen, Robert E. Hill, Academic Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-12-373881-3
  18. ^ Frith, Uta (2019). "Goodbye Diversity Committee". Royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Archived from the original on 11 February 2019.