Biography
Professor Jean Manson is an internationally recognized scientist in TSE research. She is the Head of the Neurobiology Division of The Roslin Institute and holds the Chair of Neurodegenerative Disease at the University of Edinburgh.
Her research focuses on elucidating mechanisms of TSE disease transmission within and between individuals using unique transgenic mouse models.
She is a member of the WHO TSEs Working Group, the UK SEAC government advisory body and the Executive Committee of the NeuroPrion EU Network of Excellence. She was recently awarded an OBE in the 2008 New Year's honour list.