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Kathryn V. Anderson (both 1952) is an American developmental biologist and embryologist. Her genetic studies in Drosophila and mice have led to seminal discoveries in the genetics controlling the dorsal-ventral axis of the embryo, specifically the Toll pathway, and its further role in innate immunity.

Early Life
Anderson was born in La Jolla, California and grew up near the beach, where she enjoyed exploring the animals she found in tide pools. She attended Point Loma High School in San Diego, California, where a "great biology teacher" named Michael Lorch cultivated her interest in biology.

Education
Anderson earned a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1973 and a Masters degree in Neuroscience from Stanford University in 1975. She attended medical school at University of California, San Diego, but left medicine for basic science. She earned her PhD from UCLA, in the lab of Judith Lengyel. Anderson was Lengyel's first graduate student.

Personal life
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Anderson married Columbia University geneticist Timothy Bestor in 2004.

She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2002 and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2008.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions

 * Edwin Grant Conklin Medal, 2016
 * Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal, 2012