Kathryn Virginia Anderson was an American developmental biologist researching about the various gene and protein interactions that guide the process of embryogenesis and especially neurulation.
[1] In 1977, she opted for doctoral studies in the field of genetics with Judith Lengyel at University of California, Los Angeles, which spanned upon the biochemistry of Drosophila development, specifically examining the co-relation of DNA replication with histone mRNA synthesis.
In 1985, Anderson became an assistant professor at the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology over University of California, Berkeley.
In 1996, she joined the Molecular Biology Program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
[5] In 2013, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology honored her with the Excellence in Science Award.