| RefNo | EC/2019/33 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Osbourn, Anne Elisabeth: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 28 March 2019 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Anne Osbourn as a Fellow of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Fellow and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Professor Osbourn is renowned for her studies on plant natural products - function, biosynthesis, and mechanisms of metabolic diversification. Her demonstration that pre-formed specialised metabolites produced by plants as part of their normal programme of growth can protect against disease has had major impact for understanding of molecular plant-microbe interactions. Her subsequent discovery of gene clusters for natural product pathways in plant genomes has revealed remarkable plasticity of plant genomes and has opened up unprecedented opportunities for genome mining for discovery of new metabolic pathways and chemistries of agronomic and medicinal importance. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |