Ronald Laskey#
| Membership Number: | 293 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-ron-laskey |
Present and Previous Positions
- Emeritus Professor of Animal Embryology
- Charles Darwin Professor of Embryology at the University of Cambridge
- 2001-2010 Director of the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit
- 2001 Co-founder of the Medical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit
- 1991 Co-founder of the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research Campaign Institute (now known as the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Eukaryotic DNA replication and nuclear protein import
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement In Cancer Research Prize
- 2011 CBE in the New Year Honours list for services to Science
- 2009 Royal Society Royal Medal
- 2001 Croonian Lecture
- 2000 Tomorrow's World award for health innovation
- 1998 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
- 1989 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1984 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
