Jeremy Brockes
Jeremy Brockes | |
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Born | Jeremy Patrick Brockes 29 February 1948 |
Relatives | Emma Brockes (niece) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biochemistry |
Institutions | University College London Harvard Medical School California Institute of Technology King's College London |
Jeremy Patrick Brockes FRS (born 29 February 1948) is a British biochemist who worked as an MRC Research Professor at University College London until 2016.[1][2]
Early life and education
Brockes was born in Haslemere, Surrey. He attended Winchester College,[3] and then earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge (1969) and a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Edinburgh (1972), where he studied in the laboratory of the late Kenneth Murray and Noreen Murray. He did post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School with Zach Hall, and at University College London with Martin Raff.
Career
After completing post-doctoral studies, Brockes conducted research and teaching at California Institute of Technology, King's College London and University College London. He investigated cellular interactions in the mammalian peripheral nervous system, and the mechanisms underlying limb regeneration in salamanders.[4]
He plays chess as a FIDE and ECF-rated player.[5]
Personal life
He is the uncle of award-winning journalist and author Emma Brockes.
Works
- Kumar A, Godwin JW, Gates PB, Garza-Garcia AA, Brockes JP. Molecular basis for the nerve dependence of limb regeneration in an adult vertebrate. Science 330, 485-490 (2007).
- Jeremy P. Brockes, Anoop Kumar, Cristiana P. Velloso, "Regeneration as an evolutionary variable" J Anat. 2001 Jul-Aug; 199(Pt 1-2): 3–11.
- Neuroimmunology, Plenum Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0-306-40955-4.
Honours and Prizes
1985 Scientific Medal, Zoological Society of London.
1989 Elected to Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
1989 Elected to Membership of the Academia Europaea
1994 Elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society
2008 Newcomb Cleveland Prize (joint recipient), AAAS
2022 Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Regenerative Biology
References
- ^ "Iris View Profile". iris.ucl.ac.uk.
- ^ "Jeremy Brockes | Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
- ^ "Winchester College pays tribute to former pupils". Hampshire Chronicle.
- ^ "Jeremy Brockes". scholar.google.com.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Preston Chess Congress - Minor". chess-results.com.
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