Michael Ashburner information

Michael Ashburner
FRS MAE
Michael Ashburner FRS MAE
	Michael Ashburner
Born	23 May 1942; Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	7 July 2023 (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Education	High Wycombe Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known for	Drosophila melanogaster research; Gene Ontology; FlyBase;
Spouse	Francesca Ryan (m. 1963)
Awards	EMBO Member (1977); Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2008); George W. Beadle Award (1999); Franklin Award (2006); Senior Scientist Award (2011);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics; Bioinformatics; Drosophilist;
Institutions	European Bioinformatics Institute; University of California, San Francisco; California Institute of Technology; University of Cambridge;
Thesis	Studies on puffing in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Alan Henderson
Website	www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/ashburner

Michael Ashburner FRS MAE^[12] (23 May 1942 – 7 July 2023) was an English biologist and Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge.^[13] He was also the former joint-head and co-founder of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)^[14] of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)^[15]^[16] and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.^[17]^[18]

^ "Michael Ashburner, University of Cambridge". people.embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization.
^ Spradling, A. (2008). "The 2008 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal". Genetics. 178 (3): 1123–1124. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.017832. PMC 2278087. PMID 18385103.
^ Hawley, R.; Kaufman, T. (2000). "The 1999 George W. Beadle Medal. Michael Ashburner". Genetics. 154 (1): 5. doi:10.1093/genetics/154.1.5. PMC 1460911. PMID 10681184.
^ ^a ^b Michael Ashburner keynote: From sequences to ontologies - adventures in informatics at Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology July 2011
^ Mullins, J.; Morrison Mckay, B. (2011). "International Society for Computational Biology Honors Michael Ashburner and Olga Troyanskaya with Top Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Awards for 2011". PLOS Computational Biology. 7 (6): e1002081. Bibcode:2011PLSCB...7E2081M. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002081. PMC 3107244.
^ Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Anon (2014). "Ashburner, Prof. Michael". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U5810. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Q & A Michael Ashburner Retrieved 28/4/21.
^ Ashburner, Michael; Golic, Kent G.; Hawley, R. Scott (2005), Drosophila : a laboratory handbook (1st ed.), Plain View, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN 978-0-87969-706-8
^ Botstein, D.; Cherry, J. M.; Ashburner, M.; Ball, C. A.; Blake, J. A.; Butler, H.; Davis, A. P.; Dolinski, K.; Dwight, S. S.; Eppig, J. T.; Harris, M. A.; Hill, D. P.; Issel-Tarver, L.; Kasarskis, A.; Lewis, S.; Matese, J. C.; Richardson, J. E.; Ringwald, M.; Rubin, G. M.; Sherlock, G. (2000). "Gene ontology: Tool for the unification of biology. The Gene Ontology Consortium". Nature Genetics. 25 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1038/75556. PMC 3037419. PMID 10802651.
^ Ashburner, M.; Drysdale, R. (1994). "FlyBase--the Drosophila genetic database". Development. 120 (7): 2077–2079. doi:10.1242/dev.120.7.2077. PMID 7925011.
^ Anon (1990). "Professor Michael Ashburner FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015.
^ "Emeritus Professor Michael Ashburner, Department of Genetics". gen.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
^ "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratoty (CSHL) Oral History | Michael Ashburner". Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.
^ "iMichael Ashburner archive collection". wellcomelibrary.org. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015.
^ Michael Ashburner publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ The Papers of Michael Ashburner held at Churchill Archives Centre
^ Cherbas, Peter; Kaufman, Thom (2023). "In Memoriam: Michael Ashburner". flybase.org. FlyBase.

[membo-1] "Michael Ashburner, University of Cambridge". people.embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization.

[2] Spradling, A. (2008). "The 2008 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal". Genetics. 178 (3): 1123–1124. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.017832. PMC 2278087. PMID 18385103.

[beadle-3] Hawley, R.; Kaufman, T. (2000). "The 1999 George W. Beadle Medal. Michael Ashburner". Genetics. 154 (1): 5. doi:10.1093/genetics/154.1.5. PMC 1460911. PMID 10681184.

[ismb2011-4] Michael Ashburner keynote: From sequences to ontologies - adventures in informatics at Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology July 2011

[5] Mullins, J.; Morrison Mckay, B. (2011). "International Society for Computational Biology Honors Michael Ashburner and Olga Troyanskaya with Top Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Awards for 2011". PLOS Computational Biology. 7 (6): e1002081. Bibcode:2011PLSCB...7E2081M. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002081. PMC 3107244.

[obit-6] Cite error: The named reference obit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[whoswho-7] Anon (2014). "Ashburner, Prof. Michael". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U5810. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[cell-8] Q & A Michael Ashburner Retrieved 28/4/21.

[labhandbook-9] Ashburner, Michael; Golic, Kent G.; Hawley, R. Scott (2005), Drosophila : a laboratory handbook (1st ed.), Plain View, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, ISBN 978-0-87969-706-8

[geneontology-10] Botstein, D.; Cherry, J. M.; Ashburner, M.; Ball, C. A.; Blake, J. A.; Butler, H.; Davis, A. P.; Dolinski, K.; Dwight, S. S.; Eppig, J. T.; Harris, M. A.; Hill, D. P.; Issel-Tarver, L.; Kasarskis, A.; Lewis, S.; Matese, J. C.; Richardson, J. E.; Ringwald, M.; Rubin, G. M.; Sherlock, G. (2000). "Gene ontology: Tool for the unification of biology. The Gene Ontology Consortium". Nature Genetics. 25 (1): 25–29. doi:10.1038/75556. PMC 3037419. PMID 10802651.

[flybase-11] Ashburner, M.; Drysdale, R. (1994). "FlyBase--the Drosophila genetic database". Development. 120 (7): 2077–2079. doi:10.1242/dev.120.7.2077. PMID 7925011.

[fellowofthers-12] Anon (1990). "Professor Michael Ashburner FRS". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015.

[13] "Emeritus Professor Michael Ashburner, Department of Genetics". gen.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.

[14] "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratoty (CSHL) Oral History | Michael Ashburner". Archived from the original on 20 March 2015.

[15] "iMichael Ashburner archive collection". wellcomelibrary.org. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015.

[scopus-16] Michael Ashburner publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)

[17] The Papers of Michael Ashburner held at Churchill Archives Centre

[inmemoriam-18] Cherbas, Peter; Kaufman, Thom (2023). "In Memoriam: Michael Ashburner". flybase.org. FlyBase.

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Michael Ashburner FRS MAE
Michael Ashburner
Born	(1942-05-23)23 May 1942^[7] Brighton, Sussex, England^[8]
Died	7 July 2023(2023-07-07) (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Education	High Wycombe Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known for	Drosophila melanogaster research^[9] Gene Ontology^[10] FlyBase^[11]
Spouse	Francesca Ryan (m. 1963) ^[7]
Awards	EMBO Member (1977)^[1] Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2008)^[2] George W. Beadle Award (1999)^[3] Franklin Award (2006) Senior Scientist Award (2011)^[4]^[5]
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics Bioinformatics Drosophilist
Institutions	European Bioinformatics Institute University of California, San Francisco^[4] California Institute of Technology University of Cambridge
Thesis	Studies on puffing in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Alan Henderson^[6]

Website	www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/ashburner