Susan Rosser

Susan Rosser is Professor of Synthetic Biology, a joint appointment between the School of Biological Sciences and School of Engineering.

This extraordinary person is the recipient of a prestigious Chair in Emerging Technologies, designed to support global research visionaries. She is also Director of the Edinburgh Mammalian Synthetic Biology Research Centre and Co-director of the Edinburgh Genome Foundry for DNA synthesis and assembly.

Susan Rosser has come a long way from her roots in the mining valleys of south Wales to being a major figure in engineering biology who leads multi-million-pound research programmes and industry collaborations pushing forward the frontiers of personalised medicine.

There's no such thing as an average patient, yet most diseases are treated with ‘one size fits all’ therapy.

Ten questions with Professor Susan Rosser