R. Michael Roberts

R. Michael Roberts
R. Michael Roberts
Born	23 October 1940 ; Menston
Alma mater	University of Oxford; Lincoln College ;
Works	Interferon tau ;
Awards	Wolf Prize in Agriculture (United Kingdom, for discoveries of Interferon tau and other pregnancy-associated proteins, which clarified the biological mystery of signaling between embryo and mother to maintain pregnancy, with profound effects on the efficiency of animal production systems, as well as human health and well-being., 2002); Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015) ;
Website	robertslab.missouri.edu
	Academic career
Fields	Embryology, developmental biology
Institutions	University of Missouri; University of Florida ;
Thesis	The utilisation of ¹⁴C labelled substrates by growing plant organs
Doctoral advisor	Vernon S. Butt

R. Michael Roberts (born October 23, 1940, in Menston, United Kingdom) is an American biologist who is the Chancellor's Professor Emeritus of Animal sciences and Biochemistry at the University of Missouri. He is a founding co-editor of the Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, first published in 2013.

R. Michael Roberts
Born	23 October 1940 Menston
Alma mater	University of Oxford Lincoln College
Works	Interferon tau
Awards	Wolf Prize in Agriculture (United Kingdom, for discoveries of Interferon tau and other pregnancy-associated proteins, which clarified the biological mystery of signaling between embryo and mother to maintain pregnancy, with profound effects on the efficiency of animal production systems, as well as human health and well-being., 2002) Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2015)
Website	robertslab.missouri.edu
Academic career
Fields	Embryology, developmental biology
Institutions	University of Missouri University of Florida
Thesis	The utilisation of ¹⁴C labelled substrates by growing plant organs
Doctoral advisor	Vernon S. Butt