Vassilis Pachnis
Vassilis Pachnis EMBO Member (2007)[1] | |
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Scientific career | |
Institutions | Francis Crick Institute Columbia University[2] |
Thesis | Identification and characterization of the H19 locus which is under the control of the murine raf and rif genes (1987) |
Doctoral advisor | Shirley M. Tilghman |
Other academic advisors | Richard Axel |
Website | www |
Vassilis Pachnis Greek: Βασίλης Πάχνης FRS FMedSci[4] is a Senior Group Leader in the Development and Homeostasis of the Nervous System Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute.[5][6][7]
Education
Pachnis was born and raised in
Shirley Tilghman at the University of Pennsylvania and the Fox Chase Cancer Center where his research identified and characterised the H19 gene.[8][9]
Career and research
From 1986 until 1991 he did
postdoctoral research in the laboratories of Richard Axel and Frank Costantini at Columbia University.[2][4] In 1991 he moved to the UK and since then has been a research group leader, first at the Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research
(NIMR) and subsequently at the Francis Crick Institute.
Awards and honours
Pachnis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2018[4] and awarded membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in 2007.[1]
References
- ^ a b Anon (2007). "EMBO MEMBER: Vassilis Pachnis". People.embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization.
- ^ S2CID 4234902.
- ^ "Βασίλης Πάχνης: Ελληνας ερευνητής εξελέγη μέλος της Βασιλικής Εταιρείας Επιστημών της Βρετανίας [εικόνα]". Iefimerida.gr. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d Anon (2018). "Dr Vassilis Pachnis FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ "Vassilis Pachnis - The Francis Crick Institute". Crick.ac.uk.
- ORCID 0000-0001-9733-7686
- ^ Vassilis Pachnis publications from Europe PubMed Central
- OCLC 244944581.
- PMID 6206499.
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