Caroline Dean
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Dame Caroline Dean DBE FRS[8] (born 2 April 1957) is a British plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre. She is focused on understanding the molecular controls used by plants to seasonally judge when to flower.[7] She is specifically interested in vernalisation — the acceleration of flowering in plants by exposure to periods of prolonged cold.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] She has also been on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2018. [16]
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Born | (1957-04-02) 2 April 1957 (age 67)[1] |
Alma mater | University of York (BSc, DPhil)[2] |
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Children | one son, one daughter[1][5] |
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Thesis | Investigations of genome expression in young wheat leaves (1983) |
Website | www |
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