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Dame Frances M. Ashcroft is a Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Research Professor at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. She leads the Ashcroft Group at the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) within the School of Physiology & Neuroscience. Her research focuses on ATP-sensitive potassium (K ATP) channels, their role in insulin secretion, and their implications in diabetes pathogenesis.
- BA, PhD, ScD from Cambridge University
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1999)
- Director of OXION integrative physiology program
Her work spans channel structure-function analysis, metabolic regulation of hormone secretion, and translational studies on diabetes treatments. She has authored the textbook Ion Channels and Disease and made significant contributions to understanding channelopathies.
Scientific Awards:
- Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science (2023)
- Dame Commander (DBE) (2015)
- Croonian Lecture (2013)
- L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards (2012)
- Walter B. Cannon Award (2007)
- Honorary Doctorate (Open University, 2003)
- FRS and FMedSci (1999)
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