Adrian Bird, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adrian Bird

Geneticist and Professor at the University of Edinburgh

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: biologist, university teacher, geneticist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir Adrian Peter Bird, (born 3 July 1947) is a British geneticist and Buchanan Professor of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh.
Bird has spent much of his academic career in Edinburgh, from receiving his PhD in 1970 to working at the MRC Mammalian Genome Unit and later serving as director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology.
His research focuses on understanding DNA methylation and CpG islands, and their role in diseases such as Rett syndrome.