Maddy Parsons

Maddy (Madeline) Parsons is a British biologist, and the Professor of cell biology at King's College London.[1]

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Bath[1] and a PhD in Medicine from the University College London.[2]

She is the recipient of the 2005 Royal Society University Research Fellowship Award[3] and the 2019 Industry and Academic Collaboration Award.[4]

In 2005, Parsons set up her own research group[5] utilising live-cell advanced imaging approaches to ensure the precision of spatio-temporal dissection of receptor and cytoskeletal signaling.[6] Through this, she engineered relationships with clinicians helping them reveal molecular mechanisms in life-threatening diseases.[7] One example of this was the partnership with Nikon which resulted in the creation of King's College’s Nikon Imaging Centre where she is Director.[8]

Industry positions Parsons holds include: Cell Biology Professor in the Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics;[9] Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology[10] and a board member of the Open Biology at the Royal Society of Publishing.[11] In December 2020, she was appointed to chair the UK Medical Research Council's Molecular & Cellular Medicine Board (MCMB) from April 2021.[12]

References
  1. "Professor Madeline Parsons". kcl.ac.uk. King's College London. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ORCID. "Maddy Parsons (0000-0002-2021-8379)". orcid.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. "Royal Society mentoring scheme" (PDF). royalsociety.org.
  4. "Professor Maddy Parsons Awarded Biochemical Society Award | Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine | King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. "Maddy Parsons, Ph.D." Nikon Instruments Europe B.V. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. Jayo, Asier; Parsons, Maddy (October 2010). "Fascin: a key regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 42 (10): 1614–1617. doi:10.1016/j.biocel.2010.06.019. ISSN 1878-5875. PMID 20601080.
  7. "Maddy Parsons". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  8. "Professor Maddy Parsons". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  9. Costa, Patricia; Scales, Tim M. E.; Ivaska, Johanna; Parsons, Maddy (9 September 2013). "Integrin-Specific Control of Focal Adhesion Kinase and RhoA Regulates Membrane Protrusion and Invasion". PLOS ONE. 8 (9): e74659. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...874659C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074659. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3767638. PMID 24040310.
  10. "Maddy Parsons". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  11. "Editorial board | Open Biology". royalsocietypublishing.org. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  12. "New chair appointed for MRC Molecular and Cellular Medicine Board". ukri.org. UK Research and Innovation. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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