Richard Harland (biologist) explained

Richard Harland
Birth Name:Richard M. Harland
Fields:Developmental biology
Workplaces:University of Cambridge
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
University of California, Berkeley
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge (PhD)
Thesis Title:Control of chromosomal replication
Thesis Url:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.256803
Thesis Year:1980
Doctoral Advisor:Ron Laskey
Awards:Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)[1]
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Richard M. Harland [2] is CH Li Distinguished Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at the University of California, Berkeley.

Education

Harland completed his PhD at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Ron Laskey on regulation of DNA replication in Xenopus embryos.[1] [3]

Career and research

Following postdoctoral work at the LMB and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center with Harold M. Weintraub and Steve McKnight in Seattle he moved to the University of California, Berkeley in 1985.[2] [1]

Harland's research aims to understand early developmental biology of vertebrates at the molecular level. Major contributions include understanding the early embryo, and the induction and patterning of the neural plate and the Spemann-Mangold organizer.[2] [4]

Awards and honours

Harland was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2019 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge".[5] He was also elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States in 2014.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Harland NAS profile. nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences. Washington D.C.. Anon. 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20190423110705/http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20033144.html. 2019-04-23.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190424061245/https://royalsociety.org/people/richard-harland-14097/. 2019-04-24. Professor Richard Harland FRS. royalsociety.org. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2019. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
  3. PhD. University of Cambridge. Control of chromosomal replication. Richard M.. Harland. 1980. . jisc.ac.uk. 556502145.
  4. Zimmerman. Lyle B. De Jesús-Escobar. José M. Harland. Richard M. The Spemann Organizer Signal noggin Binds and Inactivates Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4. Cell. 86. 4. 1996. 599–606. 0092-8674. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80133-6. 8752214. free.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150906183433/https://royalsociety.org/fellows/elections/ . 2015-09-06. Royal Society Elections. Royal Society. royalsociety.org. London. Anon. 2015.