Richard Anthony Flavell (born 23 August 1945 in

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), PhD, FRS is an English

molecular biologist Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...

, and

Sterling Professor Sterling Professor, the highest academic rank at Yale University, is awarded to a tenured faculty member considered the best in his or her field. It is akin to the rank of university professor at other universities. The appointment, made by the ...

of Immunobiology, at

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where he uses transgenic and gene-targeted mice to study Innate and Adaptive immunity, T cell tolerance and activation in immunity and autoimmunity, apoptosis, and regulation of T cell differentiation. He is an investigator at the

Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is an American non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes, an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, fil ...

. In 2013, Flavell received the

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. In July 2016, Flavell received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Hull. He is an honorary member of the British Society for Immunology.

Life

He earned a Ph.D. from

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in 1970. He studied at the

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, and the University of Zurich, where he studied with Charles Weissmann. He taught at University of Amsterdam from 1974–1979, then headed the Laboratory of Gene Structure and Expression at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London from 1979–82. Following a move to Biogen in 1982, he became the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Biogen until 1988, when he moved to Yale.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20120528014801/http://info.med.yale.edu/ysm/medicineatyale/v4i4_sept_oct_2008/lifelines.html *http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(11)00480-6 *http://www.ars.usda.gov/News/docs.htm?docid=16851 {{DEFAULTSORT:Flavell, Richard Anthony 1945 births Living people Alumni of the University of Hull English molecular biologists Yale School of Medicine faculty Howard Hughes Medical Investigators Fellows of the Royal Society Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Yale Sterling Professors People from Chelmsford National Institute for Medical Research faculty Members of the National Academy of Medicine