William Kaelin, Jr.

William Kaelin, Jr.
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Spouse Dr. Carolyn Kaelin

William (Bill) G. Kaelin, Jr. is a professor of medicine at Harvard University. Kaelin is a 2016 recipient of the Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. He also has won the 2016 ASCO Science of Oncology Award, and 2016 AACR Princess Takamatsu Award.[2][3] His laboratory studies tumor supressor proteins.

He bacame Assistant Director of Basic Science at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center in 2008. His research at Dana-Farber has focused on understanding the role of mutations in tumor suppressor genes in cancer development. His major work has been on the retinoblastoma, von Hippel-Lindau, and p53 tumor suppressor genes.

His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and others.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/william-g-kaelin-jr
  2. ↑ http://am.asco.org/daily-news/dr-william-g-kaelin-jr-receive-2016-science-oncology-award
  3. ↑ http://kaelin.dfci.harvard.edu/Kaelin_Lab_website/About_William_Kaelin.html
  4. ↑ http://kaelin.dfci.harvard.edu/Kaelin_Lab_website/Home_page_kaelin_lab.html
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