David Ish-Horowicz
David Ish-Horowicz FRS (born 1948 d 19 July 2024) is a British scientist. He is currently a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London (since 2013).[1] Between 1987 and 2013, he was a Principal Scientist and Head of the Developmental Genetics Laboratory at Cancer Research UK[2] (formerly Imperial Cancer Research Fund). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002 [3] and won the Waddington Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2007.[4] He is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.[5] He has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization since 1985.[citation needed]
Family
His father was Moshe Ish-Horowicz (1916–2008), a prominent leader in the development of Reform Judaism in Manchester.[6]
Education
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA, 1969), and researched at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology while at Darwin College, Cambridge (PhD, 1973), and was a postdoctoral fellow in Basel.[7]
References
- ^ "Iris Message".
- ^ "Cancer protein 'can be disarmed'". BBC News. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society". Times Higher Education. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ "Waddington Medal - British Society for Developmental Biology". Retrieved 31 March 2010.
- ^ List of Members Archived 2015-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Obituary in The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Rubinstein, William D., The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History (p. 457)
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