Richard Thomas Timms (born 23 August 1986 in
Bristol) is an English
geneticist and
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 former
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
Personal life
Richard Timms is married and lives with his wife in Cambridge, UK.
Cricketing
Richard is a right-handed batsman and
fast-medium bowler. He attended
Millfield School
Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935.
Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding scho ...
, and was captain of the first XI while there. He made his
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
debut in 2002 for
Somerset Cricket Board, playing in the first round of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. He scored 38
not out, batting at
number eight. He played Second XI cricket for Somerset from 2004 until 2006, but failed to break into the first-team. While at Cambridge University, he played seven first-class matches for the university, including two
Varsity matches. He scored two half-centuries in first-class cricket, against
Warwickshire, and
Oxford University.
Scientific Career
Richard Timms completed his PhD in at the
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research in Cambridge, England where he performed
genetic screens
A genetic screen or mutagenesis screen is an experimental technique used to identify and select individuals who possess a phenotype of interest in a mutagenized population. Hence a genetic screen is a type of phenotypic screen. Genetic screens c ...
to identify functions of genes. In particular, he identified the HUSH complex as a regulator of epigenetic repression. After graduating, he continued in the laboratory of
Stephen Elledge at
Harvard Medical School, where he characterized N-end and C-end protein degradation pathways. He started his own laboratory at the
University of Cambridge in 2020.
References
External links
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Timms Laboratory Website
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Somerset cricketers
English cricketers
1984 births
Living people
Somerset Cricket Board cricketers
Cambridge University cricketers
Cambridge MCCU cricketers
Cricketers from Bristol
People educated at Millfield