Alan Williams (immunologist)
Alan Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alan Frederick Williams |
| Known for | Work on T cells |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1990)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | William H. Elliott |
| Other academic advisors | Rodney Porter |
Alan Williams
lymphocytes
.
Education
Williams studied agricultural science at
Melbourne University in Australia.[citation needed] From there, he went on to perform his graduate work with William Elliott on the topic of avian erythropoiesis.[citation needed
]
Career and research
Following his graduate work he moved to the department of
Rodney Porter
.
Following the retirement of Jim Gowans in 1977, Williams took up the mantle as head of the Cellular Immunology Unit (CIU) at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, and was due to succeed Henry Harris as head of department before his untimely death in 1992.[2]
It was in the lab of Rodney Porter than he began the seminal work which would exemplify his career, namely the characterization of
transmembrane domains, something which had not previously been appreciated but which is now known to be a feature of many receptors.[7]
Personal life
Alan was noted as being a very direct and critical scientist with high standards.[1] Famously, he demolished the office of Professor Jim Gowans to make way for more laboratory space upon taking over as head of the Cellular Immunology Unit.[2]
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