John Todd (British biologist) explained

John Todd
Birth Name:	John Andrew Todd
Birth Date:	23 June 1958 df=y
Citizenship:	United Kingdom
Field:	Human Genetics
Work Institutions:	University of Cambridge Stanford University University of Oxford Wellcome Trust
Alma Mater:	University of Edinburgh (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:	Professor David Ellar
Prizes:	David Rumbough Award for Scientific Excellence
Website:	https://www.well.ox.ac.uk/people/john-todd

John Andrew Todd FMedSci FRS (born 23 June 1958) is Professor of Precision Medicine at the University of Oxford,^[1] director of the Wellcome Center for Human Genetics^[2] and the JDRF/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory,^[3] in addition to Jeffrey Cheah Fellow in Medicine at Brasenose College.^[4] He works in collaboration with David Clayton and Linda Wicker to examine the molecular basis of type 1 diabetes.^{[5] [6]}

Early life and education

Todd was born on 23 June 1958.^[7] He received a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in biological sciences from the University of Edinburgh in 1980. He went on to study biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, where he was supervised by David Ellar, completing his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1983 with a thesis entitled "Penicillin-binding proteins during growth and differentiation of bacilli".^[8]

Awards and honors

• Founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1998).^[9]
• Honorary Member of the Royal College of Physicians (2000).^[10]
• Fellow of the Royal Society in (2009).^[11]
• JDRF David Rumbrough Award for Scientific Excellence (2011).^[12]
• Helmholtz international fellow award (2015).^[13]
• Emeritus Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (2018).^[14]

External links

• JDRF/WT Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory
• Cambridge BioResource
• Profile at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor John Todd. Brasenose College, University of Oxford. 19 April 2018.
2. Web site: NEW WCHG Director — Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics. www.well.ox.ac.uk. 2019-07-15.
3. Web site: Professor John A Todd FRS FMedSci. Nuffield Department of Medicine: Medical Sciences Division. University of Oxford. 19 April 2018.
4. Web site: Professor John Todd - Brasenose College, Oxford. www.bnc.ox.ac.uk. en-gb. 2019-07-15.
5. News: Defence cell genetics unscrambled . BBC News . 22 January 2007.
6. Web site: Royal Society. royalsociety.org. en-gb. 2018-01-02.
7. Web site: Todd, Prof. John Andrew, (born 23 June 1958), Professor of Medical Genetics, and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, since 1998 . . Oxford University Press . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U37800 . 1 December 2019.
8. Web site: Penicillin-binding proteins during growth and differentiation of bacilli.. Todd. John. 8 November 1983. iDiscover Cambridge University. 2019-07-11.
9. Web site: Professor John Todd The Academy of Medical Sciences. acmedsci.ac.uk. 2019-07-11.
10. Web site: Professor John Todd - Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy. www.csap.cam.ac.uk. 2019-07-11.
11. Web site: John Todd Royal Society. royalsociety.org. en-gb. 2019-07-11.
12. Web site: David Rumbough Award Recipients. 21 March 2018. JDRF. 11 July 2019.
13. Web site: Press Release – Helmholtz Zentrum München. www.helmholtz-muenchen.de. 2019-07-11.
14. Web site: 2018-02-23 . Oxford medical researchers win prestigious national awards . 2022-03-01 . NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre . en-US.