Mariann_Bienz

Mariann Bienz

Mariann Bienz

British biologist

Mariann Bienz, Lady Pelham FRS FMedSci (born 21 December 1953, Winterthur) is a Swiss-British [2] molecular biologist based at the UK Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. She has been a member of their Senior Scientific Staff since 1991,[3] was Joint-head of Cell Biology in 2007-08[citation needed] and has been a Group Leader of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division since 2008.[4]

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Education

She was educated at Gymnasium Winterthur and the University of Zürich where she studied Zoology and Molecular Biology and earned her PhD in 1981.[5]

Career and research

Bienz subsequently undertook postdoctoral research at the LMB and in 1986 returned to Zürich as assistant professor, and then (1990) associate professor also serving as a member of EMBO in 1989.[6]

Personal life

Married to biologist Sir Hugh Pelham since 1996.[7]

Awards and honours

References

  1. [1]
    "Dr Mariann Bienz FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Mariann Bienz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    Staff. "The Academy of Medical sciences: Fellows: Dr Mariann Bienz FRS FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division".
  5. [5]
    "Mariann Bienz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. [6]
    Staff. "Dr Mariann Bienz Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Dr Mariann Bienz Profile". Debrett's. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  7. [7]
    "Bienz, Dr Mariann, (Lady Pelham)". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. [8]
    Bienz, M (2006). "Bio-sketch for Oncogene Review Issue on Wnt signalling". Oncogene. 25 (57): 7441. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1210062. ISSN 0950-9232. PMID 17143287.


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