Stephen Jackson (biologist)
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Sir Stephen Philip Jackson, FRS, FMedSci (born 17 July 1962) is the Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology. He is a senior group leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and associate group leader at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.
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Born | Stephen Philip Jackson (1962-07-17) 17 July 1962 (age 61) Nottingham, England |
Alma mater | University of Leeds (BSc) Imperial College London (PhD) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
Known for | Understanding cellular responses to DNA damage and their relevance to cancer |
Awards | EMBO member (1997) Fellow of the Royal Society (2008) FMedSci (2001) Buchanan Medal (2011) King Faisal International Prize (2016) Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine (2016) Leopold Griffuel Prize (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Cancer DNA repair Cell biology Molecular biology |
Institutions | University of Cambridge University of California, Berkeley University of Edinburgh |
Thesis | Cloning and characterisation of the RNA8 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | Jean Beggs |
Website | www www |
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