Geraldine Butler is a geneticist at University College Dublin. Her research career has mostly been focused on the genetics of fungi.[1] In 2015, she was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[2]
Education edit
Butler graduated in 1984 with a BA(mod) in genetics from Trinity College Dublin. On the same year, she began a PhD in genetics at the same institution, which she completed in 1989. She became a lecturer in 1992, a senior lecturer in 2002, an associate professor in 2006, and a full professor in 2012.[3]
Research edit
One of Butler's research interests is the genetic difference between pathogenic and non-pathogenic Candida species. In 2009, she co-authored a paper in Nature reporting genome sequences of six Candida species and discussing differences between pathogenic and non-pathogenic species.[4]
Research funding edit
Butler was one of the signatories of a 2012 letter to The Irish Times from several scientists about the Irish Government funding applied science at the expense of basic science. Butler said that "a lot of us will not have access to funds", and "I am one of the people considering whether I will have to leave Ireland."[5]
References edit
- ^ "Geraldine Butler". Google scholar. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Humphreys, Joe (29 May 2015). "Funding doubts causing university 'brain drain' - RIA president". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Professor Geraldine Butler BA PhD". Conway Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Butler, Geraldine; Rasmussen, Matthew D.; Lin, Michael F.; Santos, Manuel A. S.; Sakthikumar, Sharadha; Munro, Carol A.; Rheinbay, Esther; Grabherr, Manfred; Forche, Anja; Reedy, Jennifer L.; Agrafioti, Ino; Arnaud, Martha B.; Bates, Steven; Brown, Alistair J. P.; Brunke, Sascha; Costanzo, Maria C.; Fitzpatrick, David A.; de Groot, Piet W. J.; Harris, David; Hoyer, Lois L.; Hube, Bernhard; Klis, Frans M.; Kodira, Chinnappa; Lennard, Nicola; Logue, Mary E.; Martin, Ronny; Neiman, Aaron M.; Nikolaou, Elissavet; Quail, Michael A.; Quinn, Janet; Santos, Maria C.; Schmitzberger, Florian F.; Sherlock, Gavin; Shah, Prachi; Silverstein, Kevin A. T.; Skrzypek, Marek S.; Soll, David; Staggs, Rodney; Stansfield, Ian; Stumpf, Michael P. H.; Sudbery, Peter E.; Srikantha, Thyagarajan; Zeng, Qiandong; Berman, Judith; Berriman, Matthew; Heitman, Joseph; Gow, Neil A. R.; Lorenz, Michael C.; Birren, Bruce W.; Kellis, Manolis; Cuomo, Christina A. (24 May 2009). "Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes". Nature. 459 (7247): 657–662. Bibcode:2009Natur.459..657B. doi:10.1038/nature08064. PMC 2834264. PMID 19465905.
- ^ Ahlstrom, Dick (22 August 2012). "Research funding at risk, warn scientists". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.