Melanie Welham | |
|---|---|
 Welham as BBSRC Chief Executive in 2018 | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London University College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council University of Bath |
| Thesis | Functional and genetic analyses of the V-"src" oncogene (1988) |
Melanie Joanne Welham (born April 1964) DBE is a British biochemist who was Executive Chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council from April 2018 to June 2023. She was previously a professor of biochemistry at the University of Bath, where she worked on stem cell biology.
Early life and education
Welham was born and raised in Suffolk.[1] Her father worked in agriculture, and she was the first member of her family to attend university. She studied biochemistry at Imperial College London, where only 15% of undergraduate students were women.[1] She moved to University College London for doctoral research, where she studied the oncogene.[2] She then moved to the University of British Columbia, where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher.[1]
Research and career
Welham joined the University of Bath as a lecturer, where she worked on molecular signalling and stem cell science.[3] She was the first woman to be promoted to Professor at Bath.[3]
Welham joined Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) on secondment in 2012.[4] In 2018 Welham was made Executive Chair of BBSRC, two years prior to this, she served as Interim Chief Executive of the Council.[4][5]
She is committed to diversity and inclusion, and serves as Executive Champion for People, Culture and Talent at UK Research and Innovation.[4][6] She was made a trustee of the Royal Society of Biology in 2023.[7]
She was awarded a DBE for services to the biosciences in the King's Birthday Honours list in 2023.
Selected publications
- Bart Vanhaesebroeck; Melanie J. Welham; Kei Kotani; et al. (29 April 1997). "p110δ, a novel phosphoinositide 3-kinase in leukocytes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 94 (9): 4330–5. Bibcode:1997PNAS...94.4330V. doi:10.1073/PNAS.94.9.4330. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 20722. PMID 9113989. Wikidata Q24314825.
- Nicholas R.D. Paling; Helen Wheadon; Heather K. Bone; Melanie J. Welham (24 August 2004). "Regulation of embryonic stem cell self-renewal by phosphoinositide 3-kinase-dependent signaling". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (46): 48063–48070. doi:10.1074/JBC.M406467200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 15328362. Wikidata Q40522498.
- Karen Wright; Nicholas Rooney; Mark Feeney; Jeremy Tate; Duncan Robertson; Melanie Welham; Stephen Ward (1 August 2005). "Differential expression of cannabinoid receptors in the human colon: cannabinoids promote epithelial wound healing". Gastroenterology. 129 (2): 437–453. doi:10.1053/J.GASTRO.2005.05.026. ISSN 0016-5085. PMID 16083701. Wikidata Q34440704.
References
- 1 2 3 Give Me Inspiration! The Paradigm Shift with Professor Melanie Welham, retrieved 22 June 2023
- ↑ "Functional and genetic analyses of the V-"src" oncogene | WorldCat.org". worldcat.org. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- 1 2 "Melanie Welham". The Physiological Society. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Professor Dame Melanie Welham". www.ukri.org. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ "Professor Melanie Welham selected for the role of Executive Chair of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ "Finding for the Modern Copernicus Today - Talk and Panel Discussion - Poland in the UK - Gov.pl website". Poland in the UK. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ "Executive Chair of BBSRC, UKRI, appointed as RSB Trustee". RSB. Retrieved 22 June 2023.