Caroline Dean
Work Address |
John Innes Centre |
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Date of birth |
2nd April, 1957 |
Place of birth |
Cheshire, England |
University Education
1975-1978 University of York
B.A. Biology, First Class Honours
DPhil Thesis
1979-1982 University of York DPhil Biol. Chloroplast development in wheat
Awarded K.M. Stott prize for DPhil thesis
Work Experience
1978-1979 University of York, Research Assistant with Professor R.M. Leech
1983-1988 Research Scientist at Advanced Genetic Sciences (later DNAP) Oakland, CA
1988 - present Project Leader, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology
Associate Research Director John Innes Centre (from Oct 1999 to 2009)
Honours and Prizes
Honorary Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of East Anglia (1993-2002)
Honorary Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (2002-date)
EMBO fellow (elected 1999)
Genetics Society Medal (2002)
Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 2004)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (2004)
German Leopoldina Academy (elected April 2008)
Foreign Member US National Academy of Sciences (elected April 2008)
Non-resident Faculty of the Salk Institute (2012-2018)
BBSRC Anniversary Award for Excellence in Bioscience (2014)
Thomson Reuters Top 1% Highly Cited Researcher (2014)
FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award (2015)
Panels, Committees and Conferences
Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee, Board Member (1989-1994)
European Arabidopsis Sequencing Project, DNA Co-ordinator (1993-1996)
Genetical Society of Great Britain Committee (1994-1997)
BBSRC Plant Molecular Biology Programme II, Arabidopsis Co-ordinator (1992-1996)
International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, Board Member (1995-1998)
International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, President elect (1997-1999)
Genetical Society of Great Britain Committee (1994-1997)
BBSRC Genes and Developmental Biology Research Committee (1994 - 1997)
BBSRC Plant Molecular Biology Programme II, Arabidopsis Co-ordinator (1992-1996)
Nottingham Arabidopsis Stock centre, Advisory Group member (1996-present)
Organizer 7th International Arabidopsis Research Conference, Norwich (June 1996)
Organizer Final PMBII BBSRC meeting, (February 1997)
Organizer EMBO practical course Norwich (May 1997)
Organizer Genetical Soc Promega Young Geneticists meeting Norwich (September 1997)
Organizer Genetical Soc London meeting (November 1997)
International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, President (1999-2001)
Chair AMICA Science Board and AMICA EEIG (1998-2001)
Centre Management Board, John Innes Centre (Oct 1 1999 - date)
International Society of Plant Molecular Biology, Past President (2001-2003)
Organizer EMBO meeting The molecular basis of floral transition July 10-14th 2001 Norwich
Royal Society Sectional Committee 9 2005
Royal Society Mullard Committee 2005
Royal Society Council 2005-2007
EU SIROCCO Steering Committee 2007-2011
VIB Scientific Advisory Board Gent, 2010-2013
MPIZ Scientific Advisory Board Koeln, 2009-2013
Ecole Normale Supérieure Scientific Advisory Board Paris, 2010-2013
EpiGeneSys European Network Scientific Advisory Board, 2012-2015
Epigenome of Plants International Consortium Steering Committee 2010-2014
EMBO Council, 2012-2015
Editorial
The Plant Journal Advisory Board (1991-2004)
Current Opinion in Plant Biology Editorial Board (1997 - 2010)
Board of Reviewing Editors SCIENCE (2004 - 2006)
Trends in Plant Science (2000-date)
Faculty of 1000 Joint head of Plant Environment Interactions Section
Genes & Development Editorial Board Member 2014-2016
International Grant reviews for: NSF, USDA, DOE, BARD, Australian Research Council, ERC, EU, Japan SPS, Swedish RC