Michael Ashburner

Michael Ashburner FRS MAE
Michael Ashburner
Born	(1942-05-23)23 May 1942 Brighton, Sussex, England
Died	7 July 2023(2023-07-07) (aged 81)
Education	High Wycombe Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known for	Drosophila melanogaster research Gene Ontology FlyBase
Spouse	Francesca Ryan (m. 1963)
Awards	Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2008) George W. Beadle Award (1999) Benjamin Franklin Award (2006) Senior Scientist Award (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics Bioinformatics Drosophilist
Institutions	European Bioinformatics Institute University of California, San Francisco California Institute of Technology University of Cambridge
Thesis	Studies on puffing in the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Alan Henderson

Website	www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/ashburner

Michael Ashburner FRS MAE (23 May 1942 – 7 July 2023) was an English biologist and Professor in the Department of Genetics at University of Cambridge. He also served as joint-head and co-founder of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.