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EMBO Council Chair, Tim Hunt, knighted

Heidelberg, Germany, 21 June 2006

Tim Hunt, Chair of EMBO Council and EMBO Member since 1978, has been knighted for his services to science. The Cancer Research UK scientist was named in the 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which pays tribute to selected individuals for their outstanding achievements or services to the UK.

Sir Tim Hunt received the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the cell cycle, alongside fellow EMBO Council Member, Sir Paul Nurse and US scientist, Leland Hartwell. His current work at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute is aimed at understanding how cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs) trigger cell-cycle transitions and how the timing of cyclin proteolysis is regulated.

Tim was elected as an EMBO Member in 1978 and has played an active role in the organisation during the course of his membership. Currently the Chair of EMBO Council, he is also a Senior Editor for The EMBO Journal and a member of the Advisory Editorial Board for both The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports.

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