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Phyllis McAlpine was born on 1941, is a Canadian geneticist. Discover Phyllis McAlpine's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Born 1941, 1941
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Date of death 1 October, 1998
Died Place Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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1965

McAlpine was also a member of the American Society of Human Genetics since 1965 and was president of the Genetics Society of Canada in 1995.

1966

She received a master's degree from the University of Toronto in 1966.

Her thesis was called An assessment of the creatine kinase test in the detection of carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

1970

She went on to complete a PhD at University College London in 1970 with a thesis entitled Studies on the genetic variation of phosphoglucomutase in man.

McAlpine was mentored and supervised by women in her field throughout her education.

Her undergraduate work was performed under Helen Battle, and Margaret Thompson was her advisor in Toronto.

Her PhD supervisor was Harry Harris.

McAlpine returned to Canada after her PhD to work as a postdoctoral fellow at Queen's University from 1970 to 1972 in the group of Nancy Simpson.

McAlpine participated in a project to study genetic traits of peoples in the Arctic, living in northern Canada for a month in 1970.

1972

In 1972, she started working at the University of Manitoba.

Her main research focus was on mapping human genes.

1976

She served as President of the Manitoba Opera Guild from 1976 to 1978.

1981

She served on the university senate between 1981 and 1985 and was Chair of the University Discipline Committee between 1990 and 1994.

1985

She was granted full professorship in 1985.

1992

She founded the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee and was Chair of the committee from 1992 until 1996.

When she retired, her workload was so significant as to be divided between three full-time staff members.

She contributed to the creation of guidelines and provided pre-publication services to researchers to ensure consistent gene labelling.

She became known as the foremost expert and leader in gene nomenclature.

1993

From 1993 until her death, she was Chair of the Department of Human Genetics.

McAlpine was part of a group of geneticists who recognised the importance of standardised nomenclatures across all human genes and homologous genes in other species.

She was President of the Manitoba Chapter of the Canadian Association of Women in Science in 1993–1994.

McAlpine was involved in church activities.

1998

Phyllis Jean McAlpine (1941 – 1 October 1998) was a Canadian geneticist.

She was a pioneer in mapping the human genome and served as Chair of the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee.

McAlpine was awarded an honours bachelor's degree at Western University where she won a gold medal in zoology.

She died from breast cancer in Winnipeg on 1 October 1998.

Her grave is in Kilmartin Cemetery, Middlesex County, Ontario.

She left a personal bequest to the University of Manitoba Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics to create a graduate fellowship in her name supporting students researching medical genetics.