David Lane (biologist)

Sir
David Lane
Born
David Philip Lane

(1952-07-01) 1 July 1952 (age 72)[2]
Alma mater
Known forDiscovery of p53
AwardsPaul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (1998)
Scientific career
Fieldsimmunology
Institutions
Doctoral studentsSara Mole[1]

Sir David Philip Lane (born 1 July 1952) is a British immunologist, molecular biologist and cancer researcher. He is currently working in the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at the Karolinska Institute and is Chairman of Chugai Pharmabody. He is best known for the discovery of p53, one of the most important tumour suppressor genes.[3]

  1. ^ Mole Crowley, Sara Elizabeth (1986). A functional and immunochemical analysis of SV40 large T antigen. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. hdl:10044/1/38108. OCLC 930654055. Copac 29526616. Free access icon
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2231. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. ^ Nikolai Zhelev (2012). "Man of Science: Celebrating Professor Sir David Lane's 60th Anniversary" (PDF). BioDiscovery. doi:10.7750/BioDiscovery.2012.1.5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.