Biography:Martin Raff

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Short description: Canadian/British biologist and researcher
Martin Raff

CBE FRS FMedSci MAE
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Born
Martin Charles Raff

(1938-01-15) 15 January 1938 (age 86)
Montreal , Canada
Alma mater
  • McGill University (BSc, MDCM)
Known forMolecular Biology of the Cell
ChildrenJordan Raff ({{{2}}})[1]
AwardsEMBO Member (1974)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2003)[2]
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Doctoral studentsCharles ffrench-Constant[3]
Website{{{1}}}

Martin Charles Raff CBE FRS FMedSci MAE (born 15 January 1938)[4] is a Canadian/British biologist and researcher who is an Emeritus Professor at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology (LMCB) at University College London (UCL).[5][6][7] His research has been in immunology, cell biology, and developmental neurobiology.[8][9]

Early life

Raff was born and educated in Montreal, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1959 and an M.D.C.M. in 1963, both from McGill University.[10]

Career

Raff was an intern and assistant resident in medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal (1963–65) and a resident in neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (1965–68). He did postdoctoral research in immunology with Avrion Mitchison at the National Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill, London (1968–1971), after which he moved to University College London, where he has been since 1971. He served as president of the British Society of Cell Biology (1991–95). He retired from active science in 2002, but he continued to serve on various scientific advisory boards in Europe and America until 2018. After his first retirement, when his grandson was diagnosed with autism, he became interested in the neurobiological basis of autism.[11][6] He is co-author of two widely used cell biology textbooks: Molecular Biology of the Cell and Essential Cell Biology.[12]

Awards and honours

Raff has received the following awards for his research:

  • 1974: Nominated a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • 1985: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[10]
  • 1988: Member of Academia Europaea (MAE)
  • 1989: Feldberg Prize given by Feldberg Foundation[13]
  • 1989: Honorary Member of the American Neurological Society[citation needed]
  • 1998: Inaugural Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)[8]
  • 1999: Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[citation needed]
  • 2002: Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence - Apoptosis in Disease & Health, awarded by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, United Arab Emirates[14]
  • 2003: International Member of the National Academy of Sciences[2]
  • 2005: Honorary Degree, McGill University[citation needed]
  • 2006: The Biochemical Society Award[citation needed]
  • 2007: Honorary Degree, Vrije Universiteit Brussel[citation needed]
  • 2010: DART/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Award in Basic Science[citation needed]

Personal life

Raff's son Jordan Raff ({{{2}}}) is also a scientist.[1][15][8][16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  , Wikidata Q48551849
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Member: Martin Raff". National Academy of Sciences. http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/3000179.html. Retrieved 2014-09-20. 
  3. ↑ Raff, Martin. "Autobiography chapter". https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/sites/default/files/raff_autobiography_chapter_pdf.pdf. Retrieved 25 August 2020. 
  4. ↑ "New Year's Honours List" (in en). 7 January 2009. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2009/jan/new-years-honours-list. Retrieved 18 November 2020. 
  5. ↑ {{Google Scholar id}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Martin Raff". LMCB - MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/research-group/martin-raff. Retrieved 2014-09-20. 
  7. ↑  , Wikidata Q43203075
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Anon (2007). ",". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U31778. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U31778.  (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  9. ↑ Raff, Martin (2014). "I hated science when I was a child". Web of Stories. http://www.webofstories.com/play/martin.raff/1. Retrieved 2014-09-20. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Martin Raff Profile". University College London. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/images/raff/autobiography.pdf. Retrieved 2014-09-20. 
  11. ↑  , Wikidata Q30494335
  12. ↑ Essential Cell Biology (5th ed.). W W Norton. 2019. ISBN 9780393679533. 
  13. ↑ "Prizewinners of the Feldberg Foundation". Feldberg Foundation. http://www.feldbergfoundation.org/prizewinners/. Retrieved 2014-09-20. 
  14. ↑ "Prof. Martin Raff - Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences - HMA". http://www.hmaward.org.ae/profile.php?id=265. 
  15. ↑ Anon (2009). ",". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U249549. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U249549.  (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  16. ↑  , Wikidata Q50140445



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