Mary Bownes OBE FRSE FRES FRSB is an English molecular and developmental biologist; she is Vice Principal Community Engagement and Emerita Professor of Developmental Biology at the University of Edinburgh.
[2] She was appointed Professor of Developmental Biology in 1993[2] and Head of the Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology in 1998.
[2] Bownes is an External Advisor to the Royal Society Evaluation Panel,[4] a board member of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland,[5] Director of the Scottish Initiative for Biotechnology Education,[6] Director of the Edinburgh Beltane[7] and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Meeting Committee.
[8] Bownes's previous roles have included being a member of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Strategy Board,[9] and serving on the boards of the Scottish Association for Marine Science[10] and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
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