{{short description|Professor of Synthetic Biology}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox scientist | name = Susan Rosser | fields = Synthetic biology | workplaces = University of Edinburgh<br />University of Glasgow<br />University of Cambridge | alma_mater = University of Dundee | website = http://rosser.bio.ed.ac.uk/ }} '''Susan Rosser''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSE}} <small>FRSB FLSW</small> is a professor of Synthetic Biology at the University of Edinburgh.

Rosser’s research focuses on the development of synthetic biology approaches and tools for engineering pathways and genomes in cell systems. Her work has been applied in biologic therapeutics, developing genetic tools for engineering stem cells and bio-computation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishscience.org.uk/members/professor-susan-rosser|title=Professor Susan Rosser {{!}} The Scottish Science Advisory Council|website=www.scottishscience.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>

== Education == Rosser studied microbiology and genetics at the University of Dundee. Her Ph.D. was on the mechanisms of multiple antibiotic resistance.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://rosser.bio.ed.ac.uk/professor-susan-rosser|title=Professor Susan Rosser {{!}} Rosser Lab|website=rosser.bio.ed.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>

== Career and research == Rosser is currently Professor of Synthetic Biology at the University of Edinburgh, a joint appointment between the Schools of Biological Sciences and of Engineering.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/biology/news-events/news-2018/professor-susan-rosser-awarded-royal-academy-of-en|title=Professor Susan Rosser awarded Royal Academy of Engineering's Chair in Emerging Technologies|work=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}}</ref> She is Director of the Edinburgh Mammalian Synthetic Biology Research Centre and Co-director of the Edinburgh Genome Foundry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/science-engineering/news-events/two-new-raeng-chairs-in-emerging-technologies|title=RAEng Chairs in Emerging Technologies|work=The University of Edinburgh|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en}}</ref>

She has previously worked in the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge researching the biotransformation of cocaine and explosive material. She was a lecturer in Biotechnology at the Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Glasgow, where she was promoted to Professor in 2012.<ref name=":2" /> In 2011, she was awarded a Leadership Fellowship by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/leadercareerfellowships/#fellowships|title=EPSRC announces successful applicants for Leadership and Career Acceleration Fellowships - EPSRC website|website=epsrc.ukri.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>

In 2015 Rosser was awarded funding to develop a new research centre for synthetic biology in Edinburgh, jointly funded from the 2012 Autumn Statement, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the Medical Research Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bbsrc.ukri.org/news/policy/2015/150129-pr-business-secretary-40m-for-synbio/|title=Business Secretary announces £40M for UK synthetic biology - BBSRC|website=Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>

Rosser is a member of the Scottish Industrial Biotechnology Development Group,<ref name=":1" /> and the Scottish Science Advisory Council, Scotland's highest level science advisory body, providing independent advice and recommendations on science strategy, policy and priorities to the Scottish Government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.gov.scot/news/expert-panel-appointed|title=Expert panel appointed|website=Scottish Government News|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>

Rosser is part of a group of scientists attempting to create a human genome in the laboratory, billed as an extension of the Human Genome Project, moving from reading the genome to building it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=5JYV-6XX1-JBVM-Y0G8&csi=280434&oc=00240&perma=true|title=can man maketh the man?; Experts launch attempt to build the human genome in the lab|date=9 June 2016|work=Metro UK|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>

In April 2018, Rosser was a recipient of a Royal Academy of Engineering’s Chair in Emerging Technologies, a scheme providing long-term support to visionary researchers in developing technologies with high potential to deliver economic and social benefit to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2018/april/academy-funds-global-research-visionaries-to-advan|title=Academy funds global research visionaries to advance emerging technologies|date=10 April 2018|website=Royal Academy of Engineering|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331153137/https://www.raeng.org.uk/news/news-releases/2018/april/academy-funds-global-research-visionaries-to-advan|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rosser was awarded the Chair for her research project to genetically engineer implantable 'surveillance cells' that recognize and process information associated with changes due to disease, which would allow for earlier detection and targeted treatment.<ref name=":3" />

Rosser was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=James |date=2022-03-22 |title=Academic and artistic minds honoured as RSE Fellows |url=https://rse.org.uk/academic-and-artistic-minds-honoured-as-rse-fellows/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Royal Society of Edinburgh |language=en-GB}}</ref> Rosser was also elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=The Learned Society of |title=Susan Rosser |url=https://www.learnedsociety.wales/fellow/susan-rosser/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=The Learned Society of Wales |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== External links ==

* {{Cite journal|last1=Boeke|first1=Jef|last2=Church|first2=George|display-authors=1|date=8 July 2016|title=The Genome Project-Write|journal=Science|volume=353|issue=6295 |pages=126–7|doi=10.1126/science.aaf6850|pmid=27256881|bibcode=2016Sci...353..126B }} * {{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/04/learned-to-read-genes-now-start-writing-them?CMP=share_btn_tw|title=We've learned to read our genes. Now we need to start writing them|last=Rosser|first=Susan|date=5 June 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=10 April 2018}}

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