Allan Balmain Explained

Allan Balmain
Alma Mater:	University of Glasgow (BSc, PhD)
Thesis Title:	Studies in the diterpenoid field
Thesis Url:	http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181893750
Thesis Year:	1969

Allan Balmain FRS^[1] FRSE is Barbara Bass Bakar Distinguished Professor of Cancer Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Education

Balmain was educated at the University of Glasgow where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1966, followed by a PhD on the organic chemistry of terpenoids in 1969.^[6]

Balmain was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:

Web site: Professor Allan Balmain FRS . The Royal Society . 2015-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502130846/https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2015/allan-balmain/ . London.
11586292. 2001. Derynck. R. TGF-beta signaling in tumor suppression and cancer progression. Nature Genetics. 29. 2. 117–29. Akhurst. R. J.. Balmain. A. 10.1038/ng1001-117. 9923320.
3014349. 1986. Quintanilla. M. Carcinogen-specific mutation and amplification of Ha-ras during mouse skin carcinogenesis. Nature. 322. 6074. 78–80. Brown. K. Ramsden. M. Balmain. A. 10.1038/322078a0. 1986Natur.322...78Q. 4353576.
10.1002/mc.2940070303. How many mutations are required for tumorigenesis? Implications from human cancer data. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 7. 3. 139–146. 1993. Balmain . A. . Barrett . J. C. . Moses . H. . Renan . M. J. . 8489711. 29456469.
10.1038/307658a0. Activation of the mouse cellular Harvey-ras gene in chemically induced benign skin papillomas. Nature. 307. 5952. 658–660. 1984. Balmain . A. . Ramsden . M. . Bowden . G. T. . Smith . J. . 6694757. 1984Natur.307..658B. 4254723.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130206185611/http://cancer.ucsf.edu/people/profiles/balmain_allan.3777. 2013-02-06. Allan Balmain, PhD, FRSE. University of California, San Francisco.