Caroline Dean
Dame Caroline Dean is a British plant scientist working at the John Innes Centre. She is focused on understanding the molecular controls used by plants to seasonally judge when to flower. She is specifically interested in vernalisation — the acceleration of flowering in plants by exposure to periods of prolonged cold. She has also been on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2018.
2 April 1957
Born on the same birth date (2 April 1957): Hank Steinbrenner
Born on the same birth day (2 April): Anis Fuleihan • Bernd Müller (footballer, born 1949) • Bobby Ávila • David Robinson (horticulturist) • Ed Dorn • Emma Myers • Gelindo Bordin • Jason Lewry • Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin • John Larsson • Maksym Mazuryk • Michael Stone (loyalist) • Pablo Aguilar (footballer, born 1987) • Pamela Reed • Phil Demmel • Prince George of Denmark • Roselyn Sánchez • Serge Gainsbourg • Thom Evans • William Donne (cricketer)
Born in the same month (April 1957): Aki Kaurismäki • David Gower • Jan Hooks • Jaroslava Maxová • Joseph Morelle • Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed • Nobuyoshi Kuwano • Paolo Nespoli • Seve Ballesteros • Tama Janowitz • Theo de Rooij • Vince Gill • Willie Upshaw