Michael Dexter | |
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Born | Thomas Michael Dexter 15 May 1945 |
Alma mater | University of Salford (BSc) University of Manchester (PhD) [1] |
Known for | Director of Wellcome Trust Cancer research |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1991) [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Haematology |
Institutions | Wellcome Trust University of Manchester Paterson Institute for Cancer Research |
Thesis | Leukaemogenesis by the alkylating agent methylnitrosourea (1974) |
(Thomas) Michael Dexter FRS (born 15 May 1945) [1] is a British haematologist and director of the Wellcome Trust, from 1998 to 2003. [2] [3] [4]
Dexter was inspired to take A levels at night school [5] and went on study physiology and zoology at the University of Salford. After graduating, he continued in academia and received a PhD from the University of Manchester in 1974 for research into Leukemia. [6] Dexter also received a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Salford in 1982. [1]
Dexter was visiting fellow at the Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center and a professor of haematology at the University of Manchester from 1985 to 1998. [7]
He was director of the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research [8] and the Wellcome Trust. [9] He has authored over 360 articles in scientific journals including Nature [10] [11] [12] and is an editor of four books. [1] [13]
Dexter was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1991. [1]
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