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'''Jean Duthie Beggs''' [[CBE]] [[Royal Society|FRS]] (born 16 April 1950) is a British geneticist. She is the Royal Society Darwin Trust Professor in the [[Wellcome Trust]] Centre for Cell Biology at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasnet.info/members/jean-beggs|title=Jean Beggs profile|publisher=EURASNET|work=eurasnet.info|accessdate=16 June 2012 }}</ref>
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| name = Jean Beggs
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| fields = Gene cloning in yeast, RNA splicing
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* [[Imperial College]]
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| alma_mater = [[University of Glasgow]]
| known_for = Molecular and cell biology, Genetics
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| spouse = Dr Ian Beggs
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'''Jean Duthie Beggs''' (née Lancaster, born 16 April 1950) is a Scottish geneticist. She is the [[Royal Society]] Darwin Trust Professor in the [[Wellcome Trust]] Centre for Cell Biology at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U7071|title=Who's who|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2017|edition=Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasnet.info/members/jean-beggs|title=Jean Beggs profile|publisher=EURASNET|work=eurasnet.info|access-date=16 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801135605/http://www.eurasnet.info/members/jean-beggs|archive-date=1 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=googlescholar>{{Google scholar id}}</ref>


== Biography ==
She gained a BSc and PhD at Glasgow University, and from 1974-77 did a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Molecular Biology at Edinburgh University. After two years' research at the [[Plant Breeding Institute]], Cambridge, she moved to{{clarify|date=July 2012}} [[Imperial College]], University of London, until 1985 and then back to the Department of Molecular Biology at Edinburgh, being appointed Professor of Molecular Biology in 1999.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=jean+beggs+frs#v=onepage&q=jean%20beggs%20frs&f=false|title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002|accessdate=20 July 2010|isbn=978-1-85743-122-3|last=Sleeman|first=Elizabeth|date=30 November 2001}}</ref> Her research interests are in RNA splicing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcb.ed.ac.uk/beggs|title=Jean Beggs|publisher=Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology|work=wcb.ed.ac.uk|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>
Beggs was born Jean Duthie Lancaster on 16 April 1950 to Jean Crawford (née Duthie) and William Renfrew Lancaster.<ref name=":0" /> She attended [[High School of Glasgow|Glasgow High School for Girls]]. She graduated from the [[University of Glasgow]] with a BSc (Hons) in [[Biochemistry]] in 1971,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://beggs.bio.ed.ac.uk/content/people|title=Meet the team {{!}} The Beggs Lab|website=beggs.bio.ed.ac.uk|access-date=2017-01-17}}</ref> 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 [[University of Edinburgh]] working with Professors [[Kenneth Murray (biologist)|Kenneth]] and [[Noreen Murray]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Having received a [[Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research|Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research]], Beggs moved to the [[Plant Breeding Institute]] in [[Cambridge]], working there for two years. In 1979, she began work as a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at [[Imperial College|Imperial College London]]. In 1985, Beggs returned to the University of Edinburgh's Molecular Biology department at Edinburgh, where she was appointed Professor of Molecular Biology in 1999.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&q=jean+beggs+frs&pg=PA50|title=The International Who's Who of Women 2002|access-date=20 July 2010|isbn=978-1-85743-122-3|last=Sleeman|first=Elizabeth|date=30 November 2001}}</ref>


Her research interests are in RNA splicing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wcb.ed.ac.uk/beggs |title=Jean Beggs |publisher=Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology |work=wcb.ed.ac.uk |access-date=16 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007093914/http://www.wcb.ed.ac.uk/beggs |archive-date= 7 October 2011 }}</ref>
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==Awards and honours==


In 1972 she married Dr Ian Beggs. They have two sons.<ref name=":0" />
She was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1998<ref>{{cite web | url = http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/fellows/ | title = Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007 | publisher = The Royal Society | accessdate = 16 June 2012 | location = London }}</ref> and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/news/pages/168/ | title = Professor Jean Beggs elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | publisher = School of Biological Sciences | work = Biology.ed.ac.uk | date = 5 February 2010 | accessdate = 16 June 2012 }}</ref>


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==Awards and honours==
In 2003 she was awarded the Royal Society's [[Gabor Medal]] "for her contributions to the isolation and manipulation of recombinant DNA molecules in a eukaryotic organism, adding a new dimension to molecular and cellular biology".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cirs-tm.org/prix/awards.php?id=672 | title = Royal Society of London | publisher = CIRS | work = cirs-tm.org | date = | accessdate = 16 June 2012 }}</ref>
She has been a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]] since 1995<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/news/pages/168/ |title=Professor Jean Beggs elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh |publisher=School of Biological Sciences |work=Biology.ed.ac.uk |date=5 February 2010 |access-date=16 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928232055/http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/news/pages/168/ |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref> and was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/fellows/|title=Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007|publisher=The Royal Society|location=London|access-date=16 June 2012}}</ref>


She received a CBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to science.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mib.ac.uk/aboutus/excellence/fellows/Beggs%20Jean/index.html | title = Professor Jean Beggs FRS|publisher = University og Manchester | accessdate = 20 July 2010 | location = Manchester }}</ref>
In 2003, she was awarded the Royal Society's [[Gabor Medal]] "for her contributions to the isolation and manipulation of recombinant DNA molecules in a eukaryotic organism, adding a new dimension to molecular and cellular biology".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cirs-tm.org/prix/awards.php?id=672 | title = Royal Society of London | publisher = CIRS | work = cirs-tm.org | access-date = 16 June 2012 }}</ref>


She received a [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in the [[2006 Birthday Honours|2006 Queen's Birthday Honours]] for her services to science.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mib.ac.uk/aboutus/excellence/fellows/Beggs%20Jean/index.html | title = Professor Jean Beggs FRS | publisher = University og Manchester | access-date = 20 July 2010 | location = Manchester | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080412111441/http://www.mib.ac.uk/aboutus/excellence/fellows/Beggs%20Jean/index.html | archive-date = 12 April 2008 }}</ref>
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She was the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vice President for Life Sciences 2009 til 2012


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She was the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] Vice President for Life Sciences from 2009 to 2012.
In 2016 she was awarded an honorary DSc by the University of St Andrews. <ref>https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2016/title,562751,en.php</ref>


In 2016 she was awarded an honorary DSc by the [[University of St Andrews]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-19|title=2016 {{!}} Laureation address: Professor Jean Beggs {{!}} University of St Andrews|url=https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2016/title,562751,en.php|access-date=2021-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819015352/https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2016/title,562751,en.php|archive-date=19 August 2016}}</ref>
== Personal life ==


In 2018 [[RNA Society]] Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnasociety.org/News/jean-beggs-2018-rna-society-lifetime-achievement-award/|title=Jean Beggs: 2018 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award {{!}} RNA Society|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414012600/https://www.rnasociety.org/News/jean-beggs-2018-rna-society-lifetime-achievement-award/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She was born '''Jean Duthie Lancaster''' to William and Jean (née Duthie) Lancaster and married Ian Beggs in 1972. They have two sons.


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==External links==
* [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Jean+Beggs&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=80000000000001&as_sdtp=on Jean Beggs profile], scholar.google.com; accessed 16 March 2016.


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Jean Beggs
CBE FRS FRSE DSc
Born
Jean Duthie Lancaster

(1950-04-16) 16 April 1950 (age 74)
NationalityScottish
EducationGlasgow High School for Girls
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Known forMolecular and cell biology, Genetics
SpouseDr Ian Beggs
Children2 sons
AwardsFRSE (1995)
FRS (1998)
CBE (2006)
Scientific career
FieldsGene cloning in yeast, RNA splicing
Institutions

Jean Duthie Beggs (née Lancaster, born 16 April 1950) is a Scottish geneticist. She is the Royal Society Darwin Trust Professor in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology at the University of Edinburgh.[1][2][3]

Biography

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Beggs was born Jean Duthie Lancaster on 16 April 1950 to Jean Crawford (née Duthie) and William Renfrew Lancaster.[1] She attended Glasgow High School for Girls. She graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry in 1971,[4] 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 University of Edinburgh working with Professors Kenneth and Noreen Murray.[1][4] Having received a Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research, Beggs moved to the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge, working there for two years. In 1979, she began work as a lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Imperial College London. In 1985, Beggs returned to the University of Edinburgh's Molecular Biology department at Edinburgh, where she was appointed Professor of Molecular Biology in 1999.[1][4][5]

Her research interests are in RNA splicing.[6]

In 1972 she married Dr Ian Beggs. They have two sons.[1]

Awards and honours

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She has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 1995[1][7] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1998.[8]

In 2003, she was awarded the Royal Society's Gabor Medal "for her contributions to the isolation and manipulation of recombinant DNA molecules in a eukaryotic organism, adding a new dimension to molecular and cellular biology".[9]

She received a CBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to science.[10]

She was the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vice President for Life Sciences from 2009 to 2012.

In 2016 she was awarded an honorary DSc by the University of St Andrews.[11]

In 2018 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Who's who (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2017.
  2. ^ "Jean Beggs profile". eurasnet.info. EURASNET. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  3. ^ Jean Beggs publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b c "Meet the team | The Beggs Lab". beggs.bio.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (30 November 2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Jean Beggs". wcb.ed.ac.uk. Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Professor Jean Beggs elected to the Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh". Biology.ed.ac.uk. School of Biological Sciences. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660–2007". London: The Royal Society. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Royal Society of London". cirs-tm.org. CIRS. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Professor Jean Beggs FRS". Manchester: University og Manchester. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  11. ^ "2016 | Laureation address: Professor Jean Beggs | University of St Andrews". 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Jean Beggs: 2018 RNA Society Lifetime Achievement Award | RNA Society". Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.


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