Sean J. Morrison

See also: Sean Morrison
Sean J. Morrison
Alma mater
Known forStem Cell Research
AwardsHoward Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, National Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organization
Scientific career
FieldsStem Cells, Cancer Biology
Institutions
Websitehttp://cri.utsw.edu/

Sean J. Morrison is a Canadian-American stem cell biologist and cancer researcher. Morrison is the director of Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI),[1] a nonprofit research institute established in 2011 as a joint venture between Children’s Health System of Texas and UT Southwestern Medical Center. With Morrison as founding director, CRI was established to perform transformative biomedical research at the interface of stem cell biology, cancer and metabolism to better understand the biological basis of disease.[1] He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator,[2][3] has served as president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research,[4][5] and is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine,[6][7] U.S. National Academy of Sciences[8] and European Molecular Biology Organization.[9]

Morrison’s laboratory studies the mechanisms that regulate stem cell function in adult tissues and the ways in which cancer cells hijack those mechanisms to enable tumor formation.[10]

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  3. ^ Toward Precision Medicine:: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease. National Academies Press. 2011. p. 103. ISBN 9780309222228. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Sean J. Morrison Assumes Leadership of the ISSCR Following the Annual Meeting, 24–27 June, Stockholm, Sweden". www.isscr.org. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  5. ^ Knoepfler, Paul (2015-08-31). "ISSCR President Sean Morrison on challenges and future of stem cell field". The Niche. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  6. ^ "CPRIT Scholar Morrison Elected to the National Academy of Medicine — Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas". www.cprit.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  7. ^ "UTSW Researcher Sean Morrison Named to the National Academy of Medicine « D CEO Healthcare". healthcare.dmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  8. ^ "Sean J. Morrison". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  9. ^ "EMBO announces election of new members – Press releases – EMBO". 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  10. ^ "ISSCR President Sean Morrison on challenges and future of stem cell field - The Niche". The Niche. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2018-03-28.