Stephen Wilson - Curriculum Vitae#
1. Current appointment
Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Life Sciences and Professor of Developmental Genetics, University College London (UCL)
2. Education/Qualifications
- 1981 - 1984 B.Sc. (Honours First Class) in Biological Sciences. University of Leicester, UK
- 1984 - 1988 PhD in Neurobiology, University of London. Supervisor – Nigel Holder
3. Previous appointments
- 1988 - 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Michigan
- 1991 - 1994 SERC Advanced Research Fellow, Developmental Biology Research Centre, Kings College London
- 1994 - 1997 Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, Developmental Biology Research Centre, Kings College London
- 1998 - 1999 Lecturer, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL
- 1999 - 2002 Reader in Developmental Biology, UCL
- 1998 - 2004 Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, UCL
- 2002 Chair of Developmental Genetics, UCL
- 2006 - 2011 Deputy head of Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL
4. Professional Societies
- British Neuroscience Association
- Biochemical Society
- British Society for Developmental Biology
- Society for Neuroscience
- EMBO (elected member)
- Academy of Medical Sciences (elected fellow)
- Genetics Society
- Royal Society of Biology (elected fellow)
5. Funding (most recent only)
September 2022 - August 2030. Wellcome Discovery Award with Isaac Bianco. Brain asymmetry: from genes and developmental mechanisms to circuits and behaviour.
March 2020-Feb 2025. MRC Programme Grant with Dr Gaia Gestri (MR/T020164/1). Resolving the basis of phenotypically variable hereditary abnormalities of eye formation.
Jan 2015-Dec 2021. Wellcome Trust Investigator Award 104682/Z/14/Z. How is brain asymmetry established and what is it good for?
