Melvyn Greaves

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Mel Greaves

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Greaves delivering the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize lecture at the 2015 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference
Born (1941-09-12) 12 September 1941 (age 80)
Alma mater University College London
Scientific career
Institutions
Website 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]

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Education

Greaves initially trained in zoology and immunology, earning a PhD degree in 1968 from University College London.[ citation needed ]

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

Awards and honours

Greaves awards and honours include:

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References

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  2. Interview with Melvin Greaves HPI Hamburg
  3. "Archived copy". en.scientificcommons.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Professor Mel Greaves". www.icr.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. CEC Prospectus
  6. "King Faisal Prize Professor Melvyn F. Greaves". King Faisal Prize. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. Anon (2003). "Professor Melvyn Greaves FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society.
  8. "Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize". Cancer Research UK. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  9. Royal Medal 2017
  10. "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N2.

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