Michael Ashburner

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 (23 May 1942 – 7 July 2023) was an English biologist and Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge. He was also the former joint-head and co-founder of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.

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