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词条 Melvyn Greaves
释义

  1. Education

  2. Career and research

     Selected publications 

  3. Awards and honours

  4. References

  5. Further reading

  6. External links

{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix = Sir
| name = Mel Greaves|honorific_suffix=FMedSci, FRS | image=Professor_Melvyn_Greaves.jpg|caption = Greaves delivering the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize lecture at the 2015 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference
| birth_date = {{bda|1941|9|12|df=y}}
|alma_mater=University College London
|workplaces={{hlist|Imperial Cancer Research Fund|Institute of Cancer Research}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-mel-greaves}}}}Sir Melvyn Francis Greaves FMedSci, FRS (born 12 September 1941) is a British cancer biologist, and Professor of Cell Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.[1] He is noted for his research into childhood leukaemia and the roles of evolution in cancer, including important discoveries in the genetics and molecular biology underpinning leukaemia.[2][3]

Education

Greaves initially trained in zoology and immunology, earning a PhD in 1968 from University College London.{{fact|date=November 2016}}

Career and research

In the mid-1970s his research turned to leukaemia, an interest he attributes to a tour of Great Ormond Street Hospital. He worked at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories at Lincoln's Inn Fields (now part of the Francis Crick Institute) before moving to the ICR in 1984.[4] At the ICR he served as Director of the Leukaemia Research Fund's Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology of Leukaemia from 1984-2003, and launched the Centre for Cancer Evolution in 2013.[5]

Selected publications

  • Melvyn F. Greaves and Geoffrey Brown, "Purification of Human T and B Lymphocytes", The Journal of Immunology, January 1, 1974, vol. 112 no. 1 420-423
  • Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) Monoclonal antibodies to receptors: probes for receptor structure and function, Chapman and Hall, 1984, {{ISBN|978-0-412-25330-0}}
  • Edward S. Henderson, Thomas Andrew Lister, Melvyn F. Greaves (eds) Leukemia, Saunders, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-7216-5381-5}}
  • Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) Cancer: the evolutionary legacy , Oxford University Press, 2000{{ISBN missing}}

Awards and honours

Greaves awards and honours include:

  • 1986 Honorary MRCP Royal College of Physicians London).{{fact|date=November 2016}}
  • 1988 King Faisal Prize in medicine for his work on leukemia.[6]
  • 1999 Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK (FMedSci).
  • 1999 Gold Medal, British Society for Haematology.{{fact|date=November 2016}}
  • 2003 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).[7]
  • 2015 Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize.[8]
  • 2017 Royal Medal of the Royal Society [9]
  • 2018 Knight Bachelor for services to Childhood Leukaemia Research, in the 2019 New Year Honours[10]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Melvyn F Greaves|url=http://www.science-connections.com/profiles/greaves/melgreaves.html|publisher=www.science-connections.com|accessdate=21 December 2015}}
2. ^Interview with Melvin Greaves HPI Hamburg
3. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122155/http://en.scientificcommons.org/melvyn_greaves
4. ^{{cite web|title=Professor Mel Greaves|url=http://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-mel-greaves|publisher=www.icr.ac.uk|accessdate=21 December 2015}}
5. ^CEC Prospectus
6. ^{{cite web |title=King Faisal Prize Professor Melvyn F. Greaves |url=https://kingfaisalprize.org/professor-melvin-f-greaves/ |website=King Faisal Prize |accessdate=15 October 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/melvyn-greaves-11539/|title=Professor Melvyn Greaves FMedSci FRS|publisher=Royal Society|location=London|author=Anon|year=2003}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize|url=https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/our-research-prizes/lifetime-achievement-in-cancer-research-prize|publisher=Cancer Research UK|accessdate=21 December 2015}}
9. ^[https://bloodwise.org.uk/blog/pioneering-leukaemia-researcher-wins-prestigious-royal-society-award Royal Medal 2017]
10. ^{{London Gazette |issue=62507 |date=29 December 2018 |page=N2 |supp=1}}

Further reading

  • {{cite web |title= 'For 30 years I’ve been obsessed by why children get leukaemia. Now we have an answer' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/30/children-leukaemia-mel-greaves-microbes-protection-against-disease |work=The Guardian |first1=Robin |last1=McKie |date=30 December 2018 |accessdate=30 December 2018}} (Interview)

External links

  • {{Official website}}
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