| James E. Darnell | |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Columbus, Mississippi |
| Citizenship: | United States |
| Awards: | Albany Medical Center Prize [1] Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award National Medal of Science [2] E.B. Wilson Medal Canada Gairdner International Award [3] |
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James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930, Columbus, Mississippi)[4] is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbook Molecular Cell Biology.
In 2004, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2013.[5]
Since 2013, Darnell has been listed on the Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education.[6]
He is married to Norwegian former model and dress shop owner Kristin Holby, known as "Clotilde", whose daughter Phoebe, a financial analyst, is married to businessman Divya Narendra.[7]