Tim Hunt#
| Membership Number: | 1868 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor Emeritus, The Francis Cricket Institute
- Visiting Researcher Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
- 1991 - 2015 Principal Scientist, Cancer Research UK, Clare Hall Laboratories
- 1981 - 1990 University Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- 1971 - 1981 Research Fellow in Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- 1976 - 1981 Royal Society Research Fellow
- 1975 - 1976 MRC Senior Assistant in Research
- 1972 - 1975 Beit Memorial Fellow
- 1968 - 1970 Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine with Dr. Irving M. London
Fields of Scholarship
- Biochemistry
- Cell cycle regulation
- Cyclin proteolysis
Honours and Awards
- 2006 Knighted
- 2006 Royal Medal
- 2001 Nobel Prize for Psychology and Medicine
- 1999 Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Abraham White Scientific Achievement Award of the George Washington University
- 1991 Member of Royal Society
- Member of Academia Europea
