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==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
Bates has been elected a fellow of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]] (1999) and a member of the [[European Molecular Biology Organisation]] (2002).<ref>http://people.embo.org/profile/gillian-bates</ref><ref name=AMS_bio>[http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid374.html Academy of Medical Sciences: Fellows: Professor Gillian Bates] (accessed 6 January 2009)</ref><ref>[http://www.embo.org/communities/searchMembers.php EMBO: Search for an EMBO member] (accessed 6 January 2009)</ref> She was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 2007 and to its Council in 2011.<ref name=RS_bio/><ref name=RSCouncil>{{cite web|title=Council of the Royal Society|url=http://royalsociety.org/about-us/governance/council/|accessdate=5 November 2012}}</ref> In 1998, she was awarded the Royal Society Glaxo Wellcome Award jointly with Stephen Davies, for the "discovery of the cause of Huntington's Disease".<ref>[http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1779 Royal Society: GlaxoSmithKline previous winners 2005 - 1980](accessed 6 January 2009) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609053756/http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1779 |date=June 9, 2008 }}</ref>
Bates has been elected a fellow of the [[Academy of Medical Sciences]] (1999) and a member of the [[European Molecular Biology Organisation]] (2002).<ref>http://people.embo.org/profile/gillian-bates</ref><ref name=AMS_bio>[http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid374.html Academy of Medical Sciences: Fellows: Professor Gillian Bates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001090615/http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid374.html |date=2006-10-01 }} (accessed 6 January 2009)</ref><ref>[http://www.embo.org/communities/searchMembers.php EMBO: Search for an EMBO member] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106012552/http://www.embo.org./communities/searchMembers.php |date=2009-01-06 }} (accessed 6 January 2009)</ref> She was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in 2007 and to its Council in 2011.<ref name=RS_bio/><ref name=RSCouncil>{{cite web|title=Council of the Royal Society|url=http://royalsociety.org/about-us/governance/council/|accessdate=5 November 2012}}</ref> In 1998, she was awarded the Royal Society Glaxo Wellcome Award jointly with Stephen Davies, for the "discovery of the cause of Huntington's Disease".<ref>[http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1779 Royal Society: GlaxoSmithKline previous winners 2005 - 1980](accessed 6 January 2009) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609053756/http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1779 |date=June 9, 2008 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Gillian Bates
Born (1956-05-19) 19 May 1956 (age 68)[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forCo-discovering cause of Huntington's disease
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNeurogenetics
Institutions
ThesisMolecular approaches towards the fine genetic mapping of human chromosomes : with special reference to the cystic fibrosis gene (1987)
Websitewww.ucl.ac.uk/ion/departments/sobell/Research/GBates

Gillian Patricia Bates (born 19 May 1956)[1] FMedSci FRS is a British biologist. She is distinguished for her research into the molecular basis of Huntington's disease and in 1998 was awarded the GlaxoSmithKline Prize as a co-discoverer of the cause of this disease. As of 2016, she is Professor of Neurogenetics at UCL Institute of Neurology and the co-director of UCL Huntington's Disease Centre.[2][3]

Education

Bates was educated at Kenilworth Grammar School and the University of Sheffield where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979.[1] She completed her postgraduate study at Birkbeck College, London where she was awarded a Master of Science degree in 1984 followed by St Mary's Hospital Medical School where she was awarded a PhD 1987 for genetic mapping of the cystic fibrosis gene.[1][4]

Research

Bates's research has focused on Huntington's disease. She was one of the group who first cloned the Huntington's disease gene.[5][6] She also created the first mouse model of the disease, the R6/2 mouse, an important step in understanding the pathogenesis of Huntington's.[7]

Prior to joining UCL in 2016, Bates was the head of the Neurogenetics Research Group at King's College London.[8]

Awards and honours

Bates has been elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1999) and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (2002).[9][10][11] She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007 and to its Council in 2011.[7][12] In 1998, she was awarded the Royal Society Glaxo Wellcome Award jointly with Stephen Davies, for the "discovery of the cause of Huntington's Disease".[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d http://ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6775
  2. ^ "Prof. G. Bates". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. ^ Gillian Bates's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. ^ Bates, Gillian Patricia (1987). Molecular approaches towards the fine genetic mapping of human chromosomes : with special reference to the cystic fibrosis gene (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 940163599.
  5. ^ Macdonald, M (1993). "A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes". Cell. 72 (6): 971–983. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(93)90585-E. PMID 8458085.
  6. ^ Mangiarini, Laura; Sathasivam, Kirupa; Seller, Mary; Cozens, Barbara; Harper, Alex; Hetherington, Colin; Lawton, Martin; Trottier, Yvon; Lehrach, Hans; Davies, Stephen W; Bates, Gillian P (1996). "Exon 1 of the HD Gene with an Expanded CAG Repeat Is Sufficient to Cause a Progressive Neurological Phenotype in Transgenic Mice". Cell. 87 (3): 493–506. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81369-0.
  7. ^ a b Royal Society: New Fellows - 2007: Amos - Bruce(accessed 6 January 2009) Archived June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "King's College London - Gillian Bates". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. ^ http://people.embo.org/profile/gillian-bates
  10. ^ Academy of Medical Sciences: Fellows: Professor Gillian Bates Archived 2006-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 6 January 2009)
  11. ^ EMBO: Search for an EMBO member Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 6 January 2009)
  12. ^ "Council of the Royal Society". Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  13. ^ Royal Society: GlaxoSmithKline previous winners 2005 - 1980(accessed 6 January 2009) Archived June 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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