1980 D.Phil., Sussex University 1980 - 1982 SERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon 1982 - 1983 MRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh 1983 - 1998 Lecturer, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh 1998 -2002 Reader, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University Edinburgh 2002 - Present Professor of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh 2004 - 2008 Head of Institute, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh 2008 - Present Head of School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

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