David Barford
Encyclopedia
David Barford FRS is a British medical researcher, and Professor of Molecular Biology, at the Institute of Cancer Research
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He earned a DPhil from University of Oxford
, where he studied with Louise Johnson
.
He studied at the University of Dundee
Medical Research Council
(MRC), with Philip Cohen
and Tricia Cohen.
He was a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow in 1991.
In 1994, he was University Lecturer at the University of Oxford
.
He was a member of the Faculty of 1000
, from 24 January 2002 to 9 March 2004.
Institute of Cancer Research
The Institute of Cancer Research is a cancer research institute located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. The ICR was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Marsden Hospital and joined the University of London in 2003...
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Life
He studied Biochemistry at the University of BristolUniversity of Bristol
The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
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He earned a DPhil from University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, where he studied with Louise Johnson
Louise Johnson
Dame Professor Louise Napier Johnson, DBE, FRS, is a retired British biochemist. She was David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007, and is now an emeritus professor....
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He studied at the University of Dundee
University of Dundee
The University of Dundee is a university based in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee on eastern coast of the central Lowlands of Scotland and with a small number of institutions elsewhere....
Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council (UK)
The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded agency responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is one of seven Research Councils in the UK and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
(MRC), with Philip Cohen
Philip Cohen
Sir Philip Cohen FRS FRSE is a British researcher, academic and Royal Medal winner. During the 1990s he was Britain's third most cited professor and has been described by Professor Garry Taylor of the University of St Andrews as "one of the world’s top scientists"...
and Tricia Cohen.
He was a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow in 1991.
In 1994, he was University Lecturer at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
.
He was a member of the Faculty of 1000
Faculty of 1000
Faculty of 1000 is a service for researchers and clinicians that provides ratings of and commentary on scientific research papers. The service acts as a filter, identifying and evaluating the most significant articles from biomedical research publications...
, from 24 January 2002 to 9 March 2004.
Awards
- 2006 Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006
- 2003 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2003 Member, European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- 1998 Colworth Medal of the Biochemical Society
External links
- http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/research/who-and-what-we-fund/browse-by-location/london/institute-of-cancer-research/david-barford-576