Rosemary Redfield

Education Redfield completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at Monash University. She continued her education at McMaster University where she completed her MSc in 1980. Her thesis titled, "Methylation and chromatin conformation of adenovirus type 12 DNA sequences in transformed cells," dealt with the chromatin structure and SDNA methylation. Redfield received her PhD in Biological Sciences from Stanford University under Allan M. Campbell.

Research and career Redfield completed postdoctoral work at Harvard University with Richard Charles Lewontin and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with Hamilton O. Smith, an American microbiologist and 1978 Nobel Laureate. She played an early role in the refutation of the GFAJ-1 "arsenic life" results of Felisa Wolfe-Simon. She joined University of British Columbia as a faculty member in 1993, primarily researching natural competence in bacteria, and has advocated for transparency in the research process. CIHR Grant (2012) – Regulation of CRP-S promoters in H. Influenzae and E. Coli Nominated by Nature as one of Nature's 10 people who mattered in 2011.