Andrew Wilkie (geneticist)

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Andrew Wilkie
FRCP
Born
Andrew Oliver Mungo Wilkie

(1959-09-14) 14 September 1959 (age 64)[3]
EducationArnold House School
Westminster School
Alma mater
Awards
EMBO Member (2006)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMedical genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
Notable studentsAnne Goriely (postdoc)[2]
Websitewww.rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/andrew-wilkie Edit this at Wikidata

Andrew Oliver Mungo Wilkie (born 14 September 1959)

FRCP[4] is a clinical geneticist who has been the Nuffield professor of Pathology at the University of Oxford since 2003.[4][5][6][7]

Education

Wilkie was educated at Arnold House School, Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980 and a Master of Arts degree in 1984.[3] He moved to Merton College, Oxford, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree in 1983 and subsequently a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1992.[3]

Research

Wilkie's research investigates

diagnostic tests.[4][9]

Wilkie's discovery that the mutation causing

testis. Over time, sperm-generating cells carrying such mutations become prevalent, explaining why some conditions are more common in children born to older fathers.[4]

Wilkie demonstrated that the

autism and cancer.[4] His research has been funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).[10] His former postdoctoral students include Anne Goriely.[2]

Awards and honours

Wilkie was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2013.[4]

Personal life

Wilkie is the son of Douglas Robert Wilkie FRS.[3][12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Andrew Wilkie, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK". Heidelberg: EMBO. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016.
  2. ^
    Wikidata Q28259472
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  3. ^
    doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10000244. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Professor Andrew Wilkie FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Prof Andrew OM Wilkie FRS FMedSci FRCP". Oxford: University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016.
  6. ^ Andrew Wilkie publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ Andrew Wilkie publications from Europe PubMed Central
  8. PMID 9300656
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  9. ^ Andrew Wilkie's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  10. ^ "UK government grants awarded to Andrew Wilkie". Swindon: Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Professor Andrew Wilkie FRS FMedSci". London: Academy of Medical Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016.
  12. S2CID 73160587
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