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

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.

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.

Personal life

Married to biologist Sir Hugh Pelham since 1996.

Awards and honours

• Member EMBO, 1989
• Friedrich Miescher Prize, Swiss Biochemical Society, 1990
• Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), 2003
• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), 2006

References

1. ^ "Dr Mariann Bienz FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
2. "Mariann Bienz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
3. 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.
4. 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)
5. "Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division".
6. "Mariann Bienz Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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.

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