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'''Karen P Steel''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom|FMedSci]]<ref>http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid5647.html</ref> is a British scientist, currently Principal Investigator at the [[Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute]]. Steel is a leader in research into the genetics of hearing and deafness.<ref>http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/press/2009/090515.html</ref> |
'''Karen P Steel''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] [[Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom|FMedSci]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p59fid5647.html |title=Professor Karen Steel FRS FMedSci |publisher=The Academy of Medical Sciences |accessdate=2013-10-19}}</ref> is a British scientist, currently Principal Investigator at the [[Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute]]. Steel is a leader in research into the genetics of hearing and [[deafness]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanger.ac.uk/about/press/2009/090515.html |title=Karen Steel elected Fellow of the Royal Society |publisher=Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |date=15 May 2009 |accessdate=2013-10-19}}</ref> |
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Together with Professor [[Christine Petit]], Steel won the Royal Society Brain Prize 2012, for their pioneering work on the genetics of hearing and deafness.<ref>http://royalsociety.org/news/brain-prize-2012/</ref> |
Together with Professor [[Christine Petit]], Steel won the Royal Society Brain Prize 2012, for their pioneering work on the genetics of hearing and deafness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/news/brain-prize-2012/ |title=Fellow awarded the € 1 million Brain Prize 2012 |publisher=Royal Society |date=12 March 2012 |accessdate=2013-10-19}}</ref> |
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Steel obtained her first degree from [[Leeds University]]. She then received her PhD from [[University College London]] for her investigatory work into the inner ear in several deaf mouse mutants. She set up the mouse genetics and deafness research programme at the newly established MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham. Following a second postdoc in Munich, she returned to Nottingham to lead mouse genetics research.<ref>http://www.thebrainprize.org/flx/prize_winners/2012/biography_karen_steel/</ref> |
Steel obtained her first degree from [[Leeds University]]. She then received her PhD from [[University College London]] for her investigatory work into the inner ear in several deaf mouse mutants. She set up the mouse genetics and deafness research programme at the newly established MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham. Following a second postdoc in Munich, she returned to Nottingham to lead mouse genetics research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebrainprize.org/flx/prize_winners/2012/biography_karen_steel/ |title=Biography - Karen Steel |publisher=Grethe Lundbeck’s European Brain Research Foundation |accessdate=2013-10-19}}</ref> |
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Karen P Steel FRS FMedSci[1] is a British scientist, currently Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Steel is a leader in research into the genetics of hearing and deafness.[2]
Together with Professor Christine Petit, Steel won the Royal Society Brain Prize 2012, for their pioneering work on the genetics of hearing and deafness.[3]
Education
Steel obtained her first degree from Leeds University. She then received her PhD from University College London for her investigatory work into the inner ear in several deaf mouse mutants. She set up the mouse genetics and deafness research programme at the newly established MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham. Following a second postdoc in Munich, she returned to Nottingham to lead mouse genetics research.[4]
References
- ^ "Professor Karen Steel FRS FMedSci". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ "Karen Steel elected Fellow of the Royal Society". Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ "Fellow awarded the € 1 million Brain Prize 2012". Royal Society. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ^ "Biography - Karen Steel". Grethe Lundbeck’s European Brain Research Foundation. Retrieved 2013-10-19.