Background
Morriss-Kay, Gillian Mary was born on July 1, 1942 in Redhill, Surrey, England. Daughter of Edgar Stuart and Violet Jones Morriss.
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Gillian Mary Morriss-Kay
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Bachelor of Science in Zoology with 1st class honors, U. Durham, England, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Cambridge, England, 1972; Doctor of Science, U. Oxford, 1995.
Career
Junior lecturer zoology, Massey U., New Zealand, 1965-1967;
research officer teratology Reproductive Studies Section, Huntingdon Research Center, England, 1968;
Wellcome Trust postdoctoral research assistant department anatomy, U. Cambridge, 1971-1973;
Tucker-Price junior research fellow, Girton College, Cambridge, 1971-1974;
university demonstrator anatomy, Cambridge, 1973-1976;
fellow, lecturer anatomy, Newnham College, Cambridge, 1974-1976;
visiting fellow Laboratory Development Biology and Anomalies, National Institute Dental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975;
senior research fellow, Balliol College, Oxford, England, 1976-1990;
lecturer development biology, Balliol College, Oxford, 1990-1992;
university lecturer human anatomy, U. Oxford, since 1976;
professor development anatomy, U. Oxford, since 1996. Member international advisory board on retinoids F. Hoffman LaRoche, Basel, Switzerland, since 1990. Consultant embryologist, Squibb, United States, 1983.
Special lecturer U.Oxford, 1994-1995, acting head department human anatomy, spring 1995.
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Membership
Fellow Royal Microscopic Society. Member International Society Development Biologists, British Society for Development Biology (committee member 1977-1981), British Society for Cell Biology, Anatomical Society Great Britain and Ireland (county member since 1996), Development Pathology Society (assistant secretary, committee member 1976-1980), Society for Development Biology, Inc. (United States).
Connections
Married Robert Henry Kay, September 22, 1979 (deceased July 1994). 1 child, Matthew Roy.
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British