John Skehel

Sir John Skehel
Born
John James Skehel

(1941-02-27) 27 February 1941 (age 83)
Blackburn, England, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Known forresearch on influenza virus
Spouse
Anita Varley
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(m. 1962)​
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsVirology
Institutions
ThesisStudies on cation transport in yeast (1965)
Doctoral advisorAlan Eddy
Websitewww.crick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/emeritus-scientists/john-skehel/

Sir John James Skehel, FRS, FMedSci (born 27 February 1941)[2][3] is a British virologist and Emeritus scientist at the Francis Crick Institute in London.[4] From 1987 to 2006 he was director of the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) at Mill Hill which was incorporated into the Crick Institute in 2016.[5]

  1. ^ Louis-Jeantet Prize
  2. ^ "SKEHEL, Sir John (James)". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Professor Sir John Skehel". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference frs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Emeritus Scientist - John Skehel". London: crick.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016.