| Born | (1931-12-05)5 December 1931 Edinburgh, Scotland |
|---|---|
| Died | 22 September 2024(2024-09-22) (aged 92) Derbyshire, England |
| Alma mater | Life Fellow of Girton College |
| Occupations | Professor, plant scientist |
| Known for | Ion fluxes and stomata |
Enid Anne Campbell MacRobbie (5 December 1931 – 22 September 2024) was a Scottish plant scientist who was emeritus Professor of Plant Biophysics at the University of Cambridge1 and a Life Fellow of Girton College.2 Her specialty was biophysics, with particular interests in ion fluxes and stomata.3
Born on 5 December 1931, in Edinburgh,3 MacRobbie was appointed "to a Personal Professorship in 1987, the first woman scientist in Cambridge to be awarded a Personal Chair."3 She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1991 and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1998.3 She was also a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Corresponding Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists.3 Roger Spanswick was a member of her laboratory.
MacRobbie died on 22 September 2024, at the age of 92.4
Selected works
- MacRobbie, E.A.C. (2000) "ABA activates multiple Ca2+ fluxes in stomatal guard cells, triggering vacuolar K+ (Rb+) release." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 97: 12361–12368.
- MacRobbie, E.A.C. (2002) "Evidence for a role for protein tyrosine phosphatase in the control of ion release from the guard cell vacuole in stomatal closure." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99: 11563–11568.
References
References
- "University of Cambridge Academic: Jim Haseloff / Julian Hibberd / Roger Leigh / Enid MacRobbie". plant-biology.com.
- "Professor Enid MacRobbie". Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- "Women Pioneers in Plant Biology / Biographies: Enid MacRobbie". American Society of Plant Biologists. Archived from the original on 3 December 2003.
- "Obituaries – Cambridge University Reporter 6753". www.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2024.