Frank Uhlmann
FRS is a group leader at the
Francis Crick Institute
The Francis Crick Institute (formerly the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation) is a biomedical research centre in London, which was established in 2010 and opened in 2016. The institute is a partnership between Cancer Research UK, Impe ...
in London.
Education
Uhlmann was educated at the
University of Tübingen where he was awarded a PhD in 1997.
Jerard Hurwitz
Jerard Hurwitz (November 20, 1928 – January 24, 2019) was an American biochemist who co-discovered RNA polymerase in 1960 along with Sam Weiss, Audrey Stevens, and James Bonner. He most recently worked at the Sloan-Kettering Institute in New Yo ...
at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Career
Following his PhD, Uhlmann moved to the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) is a biomedical research center, which conducts curiosity-driven basic research in the molecular life sciences.
The IMP is located at the Vienna Biocenter in Vienna, Austria. The institute emplo ...
in Vienna for postdoctoral research with Kim Nasmyth. In 2000, he established a laboratory at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund (now Cancer Research UK)[
]
Awards and honours
Uhlmann was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:
In 2006, Uhlmann was also elected a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)EMBO Gold Medal
The EMBO Gold Medal is an annual award of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) given to young scientists for outstanding contributions to the life sciences in Europe. Laureates receive a medal and €10,000 and are invited to rec ...
.[
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References
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Living people
Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
Fellows of the Royal Society
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academics of the Francis Crick Institute