Anne Simon is an American biology professor, scientist, and a science advisor on the American television series ''

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'', for both the original nine season run and the 2016 revival. The first episode of the original series that she provided science consultation on was the first-season finale " The Erlenmeyer Flask", which was telecast on May 13, 1994. She became involved with the series through her connection as a family friend of series creator Chris Carter. She wrote a 2001 book about the biological science of the show, ''The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites and Mutants'' (). Her father is screenwriter and playwright

Mayo Simon Mayo Simon (born May 2, 1928) is an American screenwriter, author and playwright. He is the father of the author Francesca Simon and biologist-'' X-Files'' science advisor Anne Simon, and as of 2025 is believed to be living. Select filmograp ...

, and her sister is ''

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'' author

Francesca Simon Francesca Isabella Simon (born 23 February 1955) is an American-born British author. She is most famous for writing the ''Horrid Henry'' and ''Evil Evie'' series of children's books. She is the daughter of screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simo ...

. She received her BA in

biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

(magna cum laude) from the

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in 1978 and her

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genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...

from

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in 1982. Simon's primary research is on virus replication and symptom expression using the model virus, Turnip crinkle virus. She is a professor at the

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in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics. Dr. Simon also heads the Virology Program at UMd, and is a senior editor of ''

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''.

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Anne Simon's Turnip Crinkle Virus Laboratory
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