Stephen Jackson (biologist)

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Stephen Jackson
Sir; Stephen Jackson
Born	Stephen Philip Jackson; 17 July 1962; Nottingham, England
Alma mater	University of Leeds (BSc) ; Imperial College London (PhD); University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Known for	Understanding cellular responses to DNA damage and their relevance to cancer
Awards	EMBO member (1997); Fellow of the Royal Society (2008); FMedSci (2001); Buchanan Medal (2011); King Faisal International Prize (2016); Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine (2016); Leopold Griffuel Prize (2019)
	Scientific career
Fields	Cancer; DNA repair; Cell biology; Molecular biology
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of California, Berkeley; University of Edinburgh
Thesis	Cloning and characterisation of the RNA8 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Jean Beggs
Website	www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/jackson-group; www.stevejacksonlab.org

Sir Stephen Philip Jackson, FRS, FMedSci (born 17 July 1962) is the Frederick James Quick Professor of Biology. He is a senior group leader at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and associate group leader at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

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