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Tim Hunt
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Biochemist; Nobel laureate
Key facts
- Born
- Richard Timothy Hunt , ( 1943-02-19 ) 19 February 1943 (age 83) , Neston , Cheshire , England
- Education
- Dragon School Magdalen College School, Oxford
- Alma mater
- University of Cambridge ( BA , PhD )
- Known for
- Cell cycle regulation
- Spouse
- Mary Collins ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 )
- Children
- Two daughters
- Awards
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2001) Royal Medal (2006) Knight Bachelor (2006)
- Fields
- Biochemistry
- Institutions
- London Research Institute University College London Imperial Cancer Research Fund University of Cambridge Marine Biological Laboratory Francis Crick Institute
- Thesis
- The synthesis of haemoglobin (1969)
- Doctoral advisor
- Asher Korner
- Doctoral students
- Hugh Pelham Jonathon Pines
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2001
“for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tim
- Family name
- Hunt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Neston
- Occupation
- chemist
- Employer
- Cancer Research UK
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Field of work
- biochemistry
- Image
- Tim hunt.jpg
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- member of
- Academia Europaea
- Commons category
- Tim Hunt
- date of birth
- 1943-02-19
- Erdős number
- 4
- affiliation string
- Cancer Research UK
- interested in
- biochemistry
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Richard Timothy Hunt (born 19 February 1943) is a British biochemist and molecular physiologist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Leland H. Hartwell for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells. While studying fertilized sea urchin eggs in the early 1980s, Hunt discovered cyclin, a protein that cyclically aggregates and is depleted during cell division cycles.
Early life and education
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