Karen Vousden#
| Membership Number: | 3933 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://beatson.gla.ac.uk |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 - present Director of the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow UK
- 1999 - 2002 Chief, Regulation of Cell Growth Laboratory, NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, USA
- 1996 - 1999 Laboratory Director, Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis, NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, USA
- 1995 - 1996 Section Head, Molecular Carcinogenesis, NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, USA
- 1992 - 1995 Associate Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London UK
- 1987 - 1992 Assistant Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London UK
- 1985 - 1987 Visiting Fellow, NCI, Bethesda, USA
- 1981 - 1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Ubiquitin modification and protein degradation
- Regulation of apoptosis
- Tumour suppression by p53
- Metabolic transformation
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Elected to EMBO Council
- 2014 Elected Fellow of AAAS
- 2014 Norman Heatley Lecture, Oxford
- 2012 ECDO Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2012 Elected to AACR Board of Directors
- 2012 7th most influential woman in Scotland
- 2012 The Margaret Vogt Lecture, SALK, San Diego
- 2012 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2010 Commander of the British Empire
- 2010 The Almroth-Wright lecture
- 2009 Scottish Woman of the Year (Wisdom)
- 2009 RSE Royal Medal
- 2009 Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- 2008 The Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Medal
- 2008 The Mike Price Lecture
- 2008 Honorary DSc, University of Strathclyde
- 2006 Honorary DSc, University of London
- 2006 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2004 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2004 Member of EMBO
- 2003 Tom Connors Award Lecture, BACR
- 2003 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2001 NIH Merit Award for Major Contributions to Research
- 1998 Tenovus Gold Medal
