Jim Smith#
| Membership Number: | 2048 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.crick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/researchers-p-s/jim-smith/biography |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 Director of Science at the Wellcome Trust
- 2017 Visiting Group Leader at the Francis Crick Institute
- 2015 Director of Research at the Francis Crick Institute
- 2014 Deputy CEO and Chief of Strategy of the Medical Research Council
- 2009 Director of Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
- 2000 Director of the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer and Developmental Biology (renamed the Gurdon Institute)
- 1984 Group Leader, then Head of Division and Head of Group, MRC-NIMR, London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell biology
- Cell cycle
- Early amphibian development
- Growth factors
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Knight Bachelor
- 2013 Waddington Medal of the British Society for Developmental Biology
- 2000 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2000 Feldberg Foundation Award
- 1998 Founder Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 1993 EMBO Medal
- 1993 Fellowship of the Royal Society
- 1992 Member of EMBO
- 1991 Otto Mangold Prize of the German Society for Developmental Biology
- 1989 Zoological Society's Scientific Medal
