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in 1971, and received her PhD from the University in 1974. From 1974-1977 she held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Molecular Biology at the
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Beggs was born Jean Duthie Lancaster on 16 April 1950 to Jean Crawford (née Duthie) and William Renfrew Lancaster. She attended
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In 1972 she married Dr Ian Beggs. They have two sons.
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Vice President for Life Sciences from 2009 to 2012.
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Oxford University Press. 2017. 1014: 301:In 2016 she was awarded an honorary DSc by the 1043:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 997: 661: 276:In 2003, she was awarded the Royal Society's 237:Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research 972:This article about a British scientist is a 378: 254:Her research interests are in RNA splicing. 1004: 990: 668: 654: 530:"Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007" 391: 1048:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 438:The International Who's Who of Women 2002 1038:Academics of the University of Edinburgh 267:Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 435:Sleeman, Elizabeth (30 November 2001). 434: 1015: 649: 260: 960: 405: 403: 401: 334: 332: 330: 328: 326: 324: 100:Molecular and cell biology, Genetics 1053:Female fellows of the Royal Society 1033:Alumni of the University of Glasgow 152:Gene cloning in yeast, RNA splicing 13: 14: 1084: 398: 321: 964: 606:. 19 August 2016. Archived from 622: 596: 570: 411:"Meet the team | The Beggs Lab" 199:Centre for Cell Biology at the 544: 522: 492: 462: 428: 348: 195:Darwin Trust Professor in the 1: 315: 291:for her services to science. 289:2006 Queen's Birthday Honours 269:since 1995 and was elected a 213:Glasgow High School for Girls 81:Glasgow High School for Girls 976:. You can help Knowledge by 312:Lifetime Achievement Award. 206: 7: 532:. London: The Royal Society 271:Fellow of the Royal Society 10: 1089: 959: 828:Ronald Charles Newman 578:"Professor Jean Beggs FRS" 362:. EURASNET. Archived from 296:Royal Society of Edinburgh 918: 839:Trevor Charles Platt 817:Raghunath Anant Mashelkar 691: 552:"Royal Society of London" 215:. She graduated from the 182: 156: 148: 141: 120: 112: 104: 96: 86: 76: 66: 44: 23: 1068:Scottish women academics 900:S. R. 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CBE
FRS
FRSE
DSc
Scottish
Glasgow High School for Girls
University of Glasgow
FRSE
FRS
CBE
Wellcome Trust
University of Edinburgh
Imperial College
Royal Society
Wellcome Trust
University of Edinburgh
Glasgow High School for Girls
University of Glasgow
Biochemistry
University of Edinburgh
Kenneth
Noreen Murray
Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research
Plant Breeding Institute
Cambridge
Imperial College London
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Society
Gabor Medal
CBE

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