!!!Julian Downward \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Downward_Julian_small.jpg' alt='Julian Downward' height='250'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 2015 - present Associate Research Director & Senior Group Leader, Francis Crick Institute, London, UK * 2011 - 2019 Senior Group Leader, Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London (part time secondment, 20%) * 2002 - 2015 Associate Director & Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, London, UK * 1993 - 2002 Senior Group Leader, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, London, UK * 1989 - 1993 Junior Group Leader at Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, London, UK * 1986 - 1989 Post-doctoral research fellow at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, in laboratory of Dr Robert Weinberg * 1982 - 1986 Graduate Student at Imperial Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), London, UK, in laboratory of Dr Michael Waterfield.Ph.D. awarded by Imperial College, University of London * 1979 - 1982 Undergraduate at Cambridge University, U.K. B.A. hons (first class) in Natural Sciences (Biochemistry specialisation) \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * 2019 European Research Council Advanced Grant Award (RASIMMUNE €2.5m over five years) * 2018 Michel Clavel Memorial Lecture of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer / National Cancer Institute / American Association for Cancer Research * 2015 Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award (£2m over 6.5 years). * 2013 European Research Council Advanced Grant Award (RASTARGET €2.5m over six years) * 2012 Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London, UK) * 2010 Elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences * 2009 Elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci), the UK’s national academy of medical science * 2005 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the UK’s national academy of sciences * 2004 European Association for Cancer Research Mike Price Memorial Lecture * 1995 Elected a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) * 1993 I.S.I. "Citation Classic" status for publication J.Downward et al. (1984) Nature 307, 521. "Close similarity of epidermal growth factor receptor and v-erb B oncogene protein sequences." \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Downward_Julian/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Downward_Julian/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Downward_Julian/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Downward_Julian/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit jdownward}] [{ALLOW upload jdownward}] [{ALLOW comment All}]