Anne Carla Ferguson-Smith CBE FRS FMedSci[2][3] (born 23 July 1961) is a mammalian developmental geneticist.

[9] Ferguson-Smith conducted postdoctoral research with Azim Surani at the University of Cambridge from 1989 to 1994, where she initiated molecular studies on genomic imprinting - the process causing genes to be expressed according to their parental origin.

The team identified one of the first endogenous imprinted genes, and showed that the process was epigenetically regulated by DNA methylation.

[13] This work resulted in the characterisation of pathways important in mammalian development and growth, in the regulation of metabolism, and in the control of adult neurogenesis.

[19] She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to medical research.