Ottoline Leyser
| Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE |
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| Born | Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser 7 March 1965 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Fields | Plant Developmental Biology |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | An analysis of fasciated mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana and the role of cytokinin in this phenotype (1990) |
| Known for | GARNet: Genomic Arabidopsis Resource Network |
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| Spouse | Stephen John Day (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
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Dame Henrietta Miriam Ottoline Leyser Day DBE FRS (born 7 March 1965), known as Ottoline Leyser, is a British plant biologist and Professor of Plant Development at the University of Cambridge and director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge.
Leyser was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986, and a PhD in Genetics in 1990 from the same University for research supervised by Ian Furner.
Leyser's research interests are in the genetics of plant development and the interaction of plant hormones with the environment.
Leyser was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2007. Her nomination reads:
Leyser played a world-leading role in promoting Arabidopsis as a key model organism in modern biology and has provided leadership to the Arabidopsis research community through the resource network GARNet.
Leyser is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2007, and appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. She is currently a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and was a member of the Council’s Working Party on Biofuels (2009-2011).
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