| Authorised form of name | Warner; Anne Elizabeth (1940 - 2012); physiologist and developmental biologist |
| Other forms of surname | Brooks |
| Dates | 1940 - 2012 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Redhill County Hospital, Edgware, Middlesex, England |
| Date of birth | 25 August 1940 |
| Place of death | University College Hospital, Camden, London, England |
| Date of death | 16 May 2012 |
| Occupation | physiologist and developmental biologist |
| Research field | Morphology |
| Electrophysiology |
| Physiology |
| Developmental biology |
| Activity | Education:
Pate's Grammar School for Girls, Cheltenham; University College, London BSc; Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London PhD
Career:
Staff position following comletion of her PhD, at the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill (1963); lecturer in Physiology, Royal Free Hospital Medical School (1971); senior lecturer, University College, London (1976); reader in the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology (1980); Royal Society Foulerton research professor (1986-2001); founded the Microelectrodes course at the Plymouth Marine Biology Laboratory (1984); established the CoMPLEX Centre for systems biology at UCL, bringing her own group together with scientists from across the STEM subjects to build testable mathematical models of biological systems across multiple scales (1986); died of a cerebral haemorrhage. |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1985 |
| Age at election | 44 |
| Relationships | Parents: James Frederick Crompton Brooks (1914–1996), engineer then serving as a technical costs officer in the Ministry of Aircraft Production, and Elizabeth, née Marshall.
Spouse: (m. 2 September 1963) Michael Henry Warner (1939–2011), physicist and marine engineer. |
| OtherInfo | Elucidated the mechanisms of cell interaction and communication that pattern the early embryo.
Contributed crucial discoveries in the fields of muscle physiology, cellular differentiation and gap junction communication.
First to apply electrophysiological techniques to developmental problems and has made notable contributions in a number of areas including an important analysis of the role of gap junctions.
Distinguished for her elegant studies of the cell physiology of early development, especially of the amphibian nervous system.
Demonstrated a central role for the sodium pump both in the formation of the blastocoel and in the differentiation of neurones and with O.F. Hutter, is responsible for a quantitative analysis of the chloride conductance of skeletal muscle. |
| Royal Society Obituary or Memoir | Click to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices) |
| Source | DNB
Guthrie Sarah 2021Anne Elizabeth Warner. 25 August 1940—16 May 2012Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.70441–462 |
| Code | NA2082 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/004797 | Warner, Anne Elizabeth | nd |
| IM/004796 | Warner, Anne Elizabeth | circa 1968 |
| EC/1985/39 | Warner, Anne Elizabeth: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1984 |