James E. Darnell
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Awards | Albany Medical Center Prize(2012)[1] Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award(2002) National Medal of Science(2002)[2] E.B. Wilson Medal(1998) Canada Gairdner International Award(1986)[3] |
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James Edwin Darnell Jr.(born September 9, 1930,Columbus, Mississippi)[5]is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbookMolecular Cell Biology.
In 2004, he was elected a foreign member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences.He became a member of theAmerican Philosophical Societyin 2013.[6]
Since 2013, Darnell has been listed on the Advisory Council of theNational Center for Science Education.[7]
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 businessmanDivya Narendra.[8]
Awards[edit]
- 1999Dickson Prize
- 1999 Cancer Research InstituteWilliam B. Coley Award
- 2002National Medal of Science[9]
- 2002Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award
- 2010Hope Funds Awardin Basic Research
- 2012Albany Medical Center Prize
References[edit]
- ^"'Towering Figures' in Cell Research to Share Albany Medical Center Prize ".Albany Medical Center.Retrieved11 February2015.
- ^"President's National Medal of Science, James E. Darnell".National Science Foundation.Retrieved25 November2014.
- ^"Canada Gairdner International Award Recipient James E. Darnell MD".Gairdner Foundation.Retrieved25 November2014.
- ^Strong, Colby (June 11, 1990). "People: James E. Darnell, Jr., Is Appointed Chief Academic Officer At Rockefeller University".The Scientist.4(12).
- ^Laureates of the 2002 National Medal of Science
- ^"APS Member History".search.amphilsoc.org.Retrieved2021-03-17.
- ^"Advisory Council".ncse.National Center for Science Education.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-08-10.Retrieved2018-10-30.
- ^Seymour, Lesley Jane (29 July 2007)."Swap Those Jeans for a Dress, Soccer Mom".The New York Times.
- ^National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science
External links[edit]
- "Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology (James Darnell's Lab at The Rockefeller University".The Rockefeller University.Retrieved12 February2015.
Categories:
- Living people
- 21st-century American biologists
- American textbook writers
- American male non-fiction writers
- National Medal of Science laureates
- Foreign Members of the Royal Society
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1930 births
- Rockefeller University people
- Fellows of the AACR Academy
- American scientist stubs