Michael Ashburner#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 295 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/ashburner |
Michael Ashburner passed away July 7, 2023.
Positions Held
- Emeritus Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge
- 1994 - 2001 Research Coordinator and then Joint-Head of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute at Hinxton, Cambridge
- 1991 Professor of Biology, University of Cambridge
- 1979 Research Assistant at the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
- 1968 PhD in genetics, University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Development of structured controlled vocabularies (ontologies) for use in the context of biological databases
- Genome organization and evolution in Drosophila
Honours and Awards
- 1990 FRS
- 1998 G.J. Mendel Medal from the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
- 1999 George W. Beadle Medal of the Genetics Society of America
- 2005 Genetics Society Medal of the UK Genetics Society
- 2006 Franklin Award of the Bioinformatics Organization
- 2008 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal
- Fellow of the Royal Society of London
