Sir Melvyn Francis Greaves (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]
Sir Melvyn 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 | 12 September 1941 |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | |
| Website | www |
Education
editGreaves initially trained in zoology and immunology, earning a PhD degree in 1968 from University College London.[citation needed]
Career and research
editIn 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
edit- 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 0-19-262835-6
Awards and honours
editGreaves awards and honours include:
- 1986 Honorary MRCP Royal College of Physicians London).[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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
edit- ^ "Melvyn F Greaves". www.science-connections.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Interview with Melvin Greaves HPI Hamburg
- ^ "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) - ^ "Professor Mel Greaves". www.icr.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ CEC Prospectus
- ^ "King Faisal Prize Professor Melvyn F. Greaves". King Faisal Prize. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ Anon (2003). "Professor Melvyn Greaves FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society.
- ^ "Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize". Cancer Research UK. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ Royal Medal 2017
- ^ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N2.
Further reading
edit- McKie, Robin (30 December 2018). "'For 30 years I've been obsessed by why children get leukaemia. Now we have an answer'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2018. (Interview)
