Nurse, Paul, 1949-

LC control no.	n 83210976
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Personal name heading	Nurse, Paul, 1949- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1949-01-25
Field of activity	Cell cycle Life (Biology)
Affiliation	University of Birmingham University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain) Cancer Research UK University of Oxford Rockefeller University Francis Crick Institute Royal Society (Great Britain) National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Academy of Medical Sciences (Great Britain) American Academy of Arts and Sciences Royal Academy of Engineering (Great Britain) Zhongguo ke xue yuan Royal Medal Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Légion d'honneur (France) Copley Medal Hope Funds Award of Excellence Albert Einstein World Award of Science Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research
Profession or occupation	Geneticists Cytologists College presidents
Found in	The Microbial cell cycle, 1984 (a.e.) CIP t.p. (Paul Nurse, Ph. D.; SERC advanced research fellow, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton, England) CIP data sheet (b. 1-25-49) Wikipedia, viewed 6 May 2016: Paul Nurse (Sir Paul Maxime Nurse FRS FREng, born 25 January 1949, is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute; mother when from London to Norwich, Norfolk, while awaiting his birth; recieved BSc in biology in 1970 from University of Birmingham and PhD in 1973 from University of East Anglia; completed postdoctoral research at University of Edinburgh from 1973 to 1979, joined the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (later Cancer Research UK) in 1984, became chair of the department of microbiology at the University of Oxford in 1988, returned to the ICRF as Director of Research in 1993 and became Director General in 1996, became president of Rockefeller University in 2003, became the first Director and Chief Executive of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (later the Francis Crick Institute) in 2011; elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 (president from 2010 to 2015), received a Royal Medal in 1995, became a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) in 1995, Founder Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998, received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1998, knighted in 1999, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001, awarded the Legion d'Honneur (France) in 2002, received the Copley Medal in 2005, elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006, received the Hope Funds Award of Excellence in Basic Research in 2007, appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2012, recieved the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 2013, elected a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015, received the Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research in 2015; received over 60 honorary degrees and fellowships) Royal Society web site, viewed 6 May 2016: Fellows/Paul Nurse (geneticist and cell biologist; contributions to cell biology and cancer research were recognised with a knighthood in 1999 and work relating to the discovery of cell cycle regulatory molecules saw him jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2001) Nobel Prize web site, viewed 6 May 2016: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 (The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001 was awarded jointly to Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt and Sir Paul M. Nurse "for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle")