Mariann Bienz

Mariann Bienz
FRS FMedSci
Born (1953-12-21) 21 December 1953
Winterthur, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Zürich
Spouse
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(m. 1996)​
Scientific career
WorkplacesLaboratory of Molecular Biology
Websitewww2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/mariann-bienz/

Mariann Bienz, Lady Pelham (born 21 December 1953, Winterthur) is a Swiss-British [1] 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,[2] was Joint-head of Cell Biology in 2007-08[3] and has been a Group Leader of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division since 2008.[4]

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]

Her doctoral thesis, Informationelle Suppression bei Drosophila, was completed in 1981.[6]

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.[7]

Personal life

Married to biologist Sir Hugh Pelham since 1996.[8]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ↑ "Mariann Bienz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Biology, ©2024 MRC Laboratory of Molecular; Avenue, Francis Crick; Campus, Cambridge Biomedical; CB2 0QH, Cambridge; Uk. 01223 267000. "Scientific Leadership: Directors, Deputy Directors & Heads of Divisions". MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Retrieved 18 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division".
  5. ↑ "Mariann Bienz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Bienz, Mariann (1981). Informationelle Suppression bei Drosophila: Entwicklung und Resultate eines «in vivo» Testsystems, basierend auf der Xenopus oocyte (Doctoral thesis). University of Zürich.
  7. ↑ Staff. "Dr Mariann Bienz Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Dr Mariann Bienz Profile". Debrett's. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "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.)
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Dr Mariann Bienz FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.


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