Edith Heard

Edith Heard
FRS MAE
Edith Heard FRS MAE
Born	5 March 1965 (age 59)
Nationality	British, French
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA); Imperial College London (PhD);
Spouse	Vincent Colot
Awards	EMBO Member (2005); Suffrage Science award (2012); L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards (2020); Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics; Epigenetics; X-inactivation;
Institutions	European Molecular Biology Laboratory; Collège de France; University of Cambridge; Imperial College London; Imperial Cancer Research Fund;
Thesis	Analysis of a gene amplification event in rat cells (1990)
Doctoral advisor	Mike Fried
Website	www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-edith-heard/

Edith Heard (born 1965)^[1] FRS MAE^[2] is a British-French researcher in epigenetics who has been serving as the Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) since January 2019.^[3]^[4] She is also Professor at the Collège de France, holding the Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory. In 2025 she will become CEO of the Crick Institute in London, U.K.

From 2010 to 2018, Heard was the Director of the Genetics and Developmental Biology department at the Curie Institute (Paris), France. Heard is noted for her studies of X-chromosome-inactivation.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

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^ Edith Heard publications indexed by Google Scholar
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^ Noyes, Dan (28 June 2017). "EMBL Council selects next Director General". EMBL etc. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017.
^ Edith Heard publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ Narita, M.; Nuñez, S.; Heard, E.; Narita, M.; Lin, A. W.; Hearn, S. A.; Spector, D. L.; Hannon, G. J.; Lowe, S. W. (2003). "Rb-Mediated Heterochromatin Formation and Silencing of E2F Target Genes during Cellular Senescence". Cell. 113 (6): 703–16. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00401-X. PMID 12809602. S2CID 762586.
^ Avner, P.; Heard, E. (2001). "X-chromosome inactivation: Counting, choice and initiation". Nature Reviews Genetics. 2 (1): 59–67. doi:10.1038/35047580. PMID 11253071. S2CID 5234164.
^ Heard, E.; Clerc, P.; Avner, P. (1997). "X-Chromosome Inactivation in Mammals". Annual Review of Genetics. 31: 571–610. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.31.1.571. PMID 9442908.
^ Heard, E.; Rougeulle, C.; Arnaud, D.; Avner, P.; Allis, C. D.; Spector, D. L. (2001). "Methylation of Histone H3 at Lys-9 is an Early Mark on the X Chromosome during X Inactivation". Cell. 107 (6): 727–738. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00598-0. PMID 11747809. S2CID 10124177.

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[:0-5] Noyes, Dan (28 June 2017). "EMBL Council selects next Director General". EMBL etc. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017.

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[7] Narita, M.; Nuñez, S.; Heard, E.; Narita, M.; Lin, A. W.; Hearn, S. A.; Spector, D. L.; Hannon, G. J.; Lowe, S. W. (2003). "Rb-Mediated Heterochromatin Formation and Silencing of E2F Target Genes during Cellular Senescence". Cell. 113 (6): 703–16. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(03)00401-X. PMID 12809602. S2CID 762586.

[8] Avner, P.; Heard, E. (2001). "X-chromosome inactivation: Counting, choice and initiation". Nature Reviews Genetics. 2 (1): 59–67. doi:10.1038/35047580. PMID 11253071. S2CID 5234164.

[9] Heard, E.; Clerc, P.; Avner, P. (1997). "X-Chromosome Inactivation in Mammals". Annual Review of Genetics. 31: 571–610. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.31.1.571. PMID 9442908.

[:1-10] Heard, E.; Rougeulle, C.; Arnaud, D.; Avner, P.; Allis, C. D.; Spector, D. L. (2001). "Methylation of Histone H3 at Lys-9 is an Early Mark on the X Chromosome during X Inactivation". Cell. 107 (6): 727–738. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(01)00598-0. PMID 11747809. S2CID 10124177.

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Edith Heard FRS MAE
Born	(1965-03-05) 5 March 1965 (age 59)^[1]
Nationality	British, French
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA) Imperial College London (PhD)
Spouse	Vincent Colot
Awards	EMBO Member (2005) Suffrage Science award (2012) L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards (2020) Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics Epigenetics X-inactivation
Institutions	European Molecular Biology Laboratory Collège de France University of Cambridge Imperial College London Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Thesis	Analysis of a gene amplification event in rat cells (1990)
Doctoral advisor	Mike Fried

Website	www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-edith-heard/