Portrait of Jean Beggs
Date
2023
Sitter
Jean Duthie Beggs (British) , Geneticist
Creator
Anne-Katrin Purkiss (1959, British/German) , Photographer
Object type
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Jean Beggs, Emeritus Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Edinburgh, photographed at her home, July 2023.
Jean Beggs, British geneticist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1998. She was awarded the Gabor Medal in 2003 for her contributions to the isolation and manipulation of recombinant DNA molecules in a eukaryotic organism, adding a new dimension to molecular and cellular biology.
Jean Beggs, British geneticist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1998. She was awarded the Gabor Medal in 2003 for her contributions to the isolation and manipulation of recombinant DNA molecules in a eukaryotic organism, adding a new dimension to molecular and cellular biology.