Stephen West#
| Membership Number: | 2025 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://crick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/researchers-v-y/stephen-west |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2015 Senior Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute
- 2007 - 2015 Deputy Director, Clare Hall Laboratories, London Research Institute, UK
- 1989 - 2015 Senior Group Leader, London Research Institute (formerly ICRF), UK
- since 1999 Honorary Professor, University College London, UK
- 1985 - 1989 Senior Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, UK
- 1983 - 1985 Research Scientist, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, USA
- 1978 - 1983 Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale
- 1977 - 1978 Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, Newcastle University, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Mechanisms of genetic recombination
- DNA strand break repair
- Relationships between defective DNA repair processes and human diseases such as inheritable breast cancer and neurological disorders.
Honours and Awards
- 2015 The Genome Stability Network Medal
- 2012 The Genetics Medal
- 2011 Breast Cancer Campaign, 'Team of the Year'
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences
- 2010 GlaxoSmithKline Prize and Medal of the Royal Society
- 2009 Swiss Bridge Prize Award for Cancer Research
- 2008 Novartis Medal and Prize from the Biochemical Society
- 2007 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
- 2002 Leeuwenhoek Medal of the Royal Society
- 2001 Swiss Bridge Prize Award for Cancer Research
- 2000 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2000 Elected Member of the Academia Europaea
- 1995 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1994 Elected Member of EMBO
