An interview with...Patricia Jacobs.

The 2011 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology has been jointly awarded to Patricia Jacobs, of Southampton University Medical School and the Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, and to David Page, of the Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for their pioneering research on the X and Y chromosomes. The prize recognizes researchers whose work has contributed to our understanding of the science that underlies birth defects. We talked to the winners about their achievements and the impact these have had on human health. This month's interview is with Patricia Jacobs, who spoke to Louisa Flintoft. The interview with David Page will appear in our July issue.