Fellow
Elected: 1989
Director, The Francis Crick Institute
Director, The Francis Crick Institute
Cell biology, Genetics, cell cycle, Scientific public engagement and politics
For his contributions to cell biology in general, and to the elucidation of the control of cell division.
On 'How is the cell cycle regulated?'.
No citation available for this award.
Jointly with Leland H. Hartwell and Tim Hunt for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle.
In recognition of his work on the control of the cell cycle in eukaryotic cells by his discovery of the identity and function of genes that regulate the key control points in the process of cell proliferation.
In recognition of his seminal contributions to the understanding of the molecular basis of regulation of the eukaryotic cycle.
Given in New Zealand.