Tim Mitchison
Timothy John Mitchison FRS is a cell biologist and systems biologist and Hasib Sabbagh Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School in the United States. He is known for his discovery, with Marc Kirschner, of dynamic instability in microtubules, for studies of the mechanism of cell division, and for contributions to chemical biology.
Tim Mitchison | |
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| Born | Timothy John Mitchison 1958 (age 65–66) |
| Education | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA) University of California, San Francisco (PhD) |
| Spouse | Christine M. Field |
| Awards | Haldane Lecture (2002) Keith R. Porter Lecture (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Systems biology |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School National Institute for Medical Research Marine Biological Laboratory |
| Thesis | Structure and Dynamics of Organized Microtubule Arrays (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Marc Kirschner |
| Notable students | Tony Hyman Julie Theriot Jason Swedlow Inke Nathke Katharina Ribbeck |
| Website | mitchison |
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