Sir John Skehel | |
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| Born | John James Skehel (1941-02-27)27 February 1941 (age 84) Blackburn, England, United Kingdom |
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| Known for | research oninfluenza virus |
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| Fields | Virology |
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| Thesis | Studies on cation transport in yeast (1965) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Eddy |
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Sir John James Skehel,FRS, FMedSci (born 27 February 1941)[2][3] is a Britishvirologist andEmeritus scientist at theFrancis Crick Institute in London.[4] From 1987 to 2006 he was director of theNational Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) atMill Hill which was incorporated into the Crick Institute in 2016.[5]
Skehel was born inBlackburn to Joseph and Annie Skehel in 1941, and was educated atSt. Mary's College, Blackburn and subsequently went to theUniversity of Aberystwyth where he obtained aBSc degree inagricultural biochemistry.
He then completed his postgraduate study at theUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), where he received hisPhD degree in biochemistry in 1966 under the supervision ofAlan Eddy, for research oncation transport inyeast.[6]
Following his doctorate, he was apostdoctoral researcher at theUniversity of Aberdeen[2] for research, continuing it atDuke University.[citation needed]
In 1969 he returned to Britain and began work at theNational Institute for Medical Research on the influenza virus. In 1984 he was made head of the virology division, followed by a promotion in 1987 to director of the Institute. He was director of theWorld Health Organization (WHO)'s Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza from 1975 to 1993.[4][7]
He was elected aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1984.[4] He was awarded theWilhelm Feldberg Prize in 1986, theRobert Koch Prize in 1987, theLouis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine in 1988, the ICN International Prize in Virology in 1992, theRoyal Medal in 2003 for "his pioneering research into virology", and theGrand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. (shared with Dutch virologistAb Osterhaus) of theInstitut de France in 2007. Skehel wasknighted in the1997 New Year Honours.[8] In 1998, he became a founding Fellow of theAcademy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).[9] In November 2013, he was appointed Vice-President and Biological Secretary of the Royal Society. He was made an honorary professor ofLiverpool John Moores University in 1993 and given anhonorary fellowship in 2007.[3][10] In 2004, he was also awarded an honoraryDSc degree fromUniversity College London.[11]In 2020 he was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society.[12]
Soon after graduating he married Anita Varley in 1962, with whom he has two sons.[2]
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