Deborah Charlesworth
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 5751
- Email: deborah.charlesworth@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
-
Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh,
Ashworth Lab., room G.61A - City
- Charlotte Auerbach Road, King's Buildings, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH9 3FL
Background
1968 PhD (Genetics) Cambridge University
1968 - 69 MRC Junior Research Fellow, Cambridge University
1969-71 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago
1971-74 Honorary Research Fellow, Liverpool University
1974-84 Temporary Lecturer, University of Sussex
1977-78 Visiting Scientist, NIEHS (NIH) North Carolina
1984-88 Research Associate, University of Chicago
1988-92 Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
1992-1997 Professor, University of Chicago
1997-2002 NERC Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
1997-present Professorial Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
2005 Fellow of the Royal Society
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Research summary
Evolutionary and population genetics, particularly topics in the general area of the evolution of breeding systems and sex chromosomes.
Current research interests
The genetics and evolution of the Y chromosome in the guppy (a fish, Poecilia reticulata).Past research interests
Self-incompatibility, the evolution of Y-linked genes in the white campion, Silene latifolia.Current project grants
ERC Advanced grant: Evolutionary genetics of guppy sex chromosomes (695225)
Past project grants
NOT LISTED
Invited speaker
Invited speaker in Crafoord Prize symposium, Stockholm, May 2015
Invited speaker in symposium on sex chromosomes, annual SMBE Conference, Vienna 2015
Invited speaker in “BarrettFest” symposium honouring SCH Barrett, University of Toronto, September 2018
Participant
Population Genetics Group annual meeting (every year)