Ron Laskey

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Ron Laskey
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Prof Laskey (right) presented with the 2014 Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize by Chief Scientist Nic Jones[1]
Born Ronald Alfred Laskey
(1945-01-26) January 26, 1945 (age 79)[2]
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Spouse Margaret Ann Page (m. 1971)[2]
Website
www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-ron-laskey

Ronald Alfred Laskey CBE FRS (born 26 January 1945) is a British cell biologist and cancer researcher. He was the Charles Darwin Professor of Embryology at the University of Cambridge. In 1991, he co-founded the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute (now known as the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute), along with five other senior scientists including Professor Sir John Gurdon.[4] In 2001, he founded the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit in 2001,[5] and was Director of the Unit until 2010. Laskey is also a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge.[6]

Awards and honours

Laskey received a CBE in the 2011 New Year Honours. Other significant honours include the Royal Society Royal Medal, for his "pivotal contributions to our understanding of the control of DNA replication and nuclear protein transport, which has led to a novel screening method for cancer diagnosis",[7] and the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Video discussing Lifetime Achievement Prize
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  4. Celebrating the 21st anniversary of the Gurdon Institute
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  6. Darwin College List of Fellows
  7. Royal Society Royal Medal winners
  8. List of Royal Society Fellows
  9. Prize Laureats 1998
  10. Medical Research Council: News & Publications: Royal Society awards recognise MRC scientists (accessed 13 January 2013)
  11. RAE 2001: Clinical Laboratory Sciences: University of Cambridge: RA6a Additional observations, Evidence of esteem (accessed 13 January 2013)
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  13. New Year Honours list 2011


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