Bruce Macintosh Cattanach | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 April 2020 | (aged 87)
Education | Heaton Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne; Durham University; Institute of Genetics, Edinburgh (Ph.D.) [1] |
Known for | Work on autosomal imprinting and X chromosome inactivation. |
Spouses | Margaret Bouchier Crewe (d. 1996); Jo Peters [1] |
Parents | |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mouse genetics |
Institutions | MRC Harwell; Institute of Animal Genetics, Edinburgh; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee; City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California [1] |
Doctoral advisor | Charlotte Auerbach [1] |
Other academic advisors | Robert G. Edwards [1] |
Bruce Macintosh Cattanach FRS [1] (5 November 1932–8 April 2020) was a British mouse geneticist, known for his pioneering work in the fields of autosomal imprinting and X chromosome inactivation.
With contemporaries that included Mary Lyon FRS (who discovered X chromosome inactivation), Bruce’s research career was based at MRC Harwell. He would go on to serve as acting director of the new Mammalian Genetics Unit [2] in 1996.
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987, and the Bruce Cattanach Prize was launched by the Genetics Society in 2022.