| Jeremy Brockes | |
| Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge (BA) University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
| Birth Name: | Jeremy Patrick Brockes |
| Birth Date: | df=y 29 February 1948 |
| Workplaces: | University College London Harvard Medical School California Institute of Technology King's College London |
| Discipline: | Biochemistry |
| Birth Place: | Haslemere, Surrey, England |
| Relatives: | Emma Brockes (niece) |
Jeremy Patrick Brockes FRS (born 29 February 1948) is a British biochemist who worked as an MRC Research Professor at University College London until 2016.[1] [2]
Brockes was born in Haslemere, Surrey. He attended Winchester College,[3] and then earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge (1969) and a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Edinburgh (1972), where he studied in the laboratory of the late Kenneth Murray and Noreen Murray. He did post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School with Zach Hall, and at University College London with Martin Raff.
After completing post-doctoral studies, Brockes conducted research and teaching at California Institute of Technology, King's College London and University College London. He investigated cellular interactions in the mammalian peripheral nervous system, and the mechanisms underlying limb regeneration in salamanders.[4] His work on the PNS yielded a method for purification and culture of rodent Schwann cells.[5] This led to the identification of Glial Growth Factor, an early member of the Neuregulin family of growth factors that are key regulators in tissues such as heart and brain, as well as the PNS.His work on limb regeneration included studies on dedifferentiation, nerve dependence of regeneration, positional identity, senescent cells, and regenerationas an evolutionary variable.
He plays chess as a FIDE and ECF-rated player.[6]
He is the uncle of award-winning journalist and author Emma Brockes.
1985 Scientific Medal, Zoological Society of London.
1989 Elected to Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
1989 Elected to Membership of the Academia Europaea
1994 Elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society
2008 Newcomb Cleveland Prize (joint recipient), AAAS
2022 Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award, International Society for Regenerative Biology