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{{Short description|British cancer biologist}}
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[[File:Professor Melvyn Greaves.jpg|thumb|Greaves delivering the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize lecture at the 2015 NCRI Conference.]]
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Professor '''Melvyn Francis "Mel" Greaves''' [[FMedSci]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born 1941) is a British [[cancer]] [[biologist]], and Professor of Cell Biology at the [[Institute of Cancer Research]] (ICR) in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melvyn F Greaves|url=http://www.science-connections.com/profiles/greaves/melgreaves.html|publisher=www.science-connections.com|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> He is noted for his research into childhood [[leukaemia]] and the roles of [[evolution]] in cancer, including important discoveries in the genetics and molecular biology underpinning leukaemia.
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'''Sir Melvyn Francis Greaves''' (born 12 September 1941) is a British [[cancer]] [[biologist]], and Professor of Cell Biology at the [[Institute of Cancer Research]] (ICR) in London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melvyn F Greaves|url=http://www.science-connections.com/profiles/greaves/melgreaves.html|publisher=www.science-connections.com|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> He is noted for his research into childhood [[leukaemia]] and the roles of [[evolution]] in cancer, including important discoveries in the genetics and molecular biology underpinning leukaemia.<ref>[http://www.science-connections.com/video/node/29 Interview with Melvin Greaves HPI Hamburg]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.scientificcommons.org/melvyn_greaves |title=Archived copy |website=en.scientificcommons.org |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122155/http://en.scientificcommons.org/melvyn_greaves |archive-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Education==
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Greaves initially trained in [[zoology]] and [[immunology]], earning a PhD in 1968 from [[University College London]]. In the mid-1970s his research turned to leukaemia, an interest he attributes to a tour of [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]]. He worked at the [[Imperial Cancer Research Fund]] laboratories at Lincoln's Inn Fields (now part of the [[Francis Crick Institute]]) before moving to the ICR in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Mel Greaves|url=http://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-mel-greaves|publisher=www.icr.ac.uk|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> At the ICR he served as Director of the Leukaemia Research Fund's Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology of Leukaemia from 1984-2003, and launched the Centre for Cancer Evolution in 2013.<ref>[http://www.icr.ac.uk/docs/default-source/default-document-library/cec-prospectus-updated-january-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=0 CEC Prospectus]</ref>
Greaves initially trained in [[zoology]] and [[immunology]], earning a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree in 1968 from [[University College London]].{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}


==Career and research==
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==Selected publications==
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In the mid-1970s his research turned to leukaemia, an interest he attributes to a tour of [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]]. He worked at the [[Imperial Cancer Research Fund]] laboratories at Lincoln's Inn Fields (now part of the [[Francis Crick Institute]]) before moving to the ICR in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Mel Greaves|url=http://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-mel-greaves|publisher=www.icr.ac.uk|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref> At the ICR he served as Director of the Leukaemia Research Fund's Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology of Leukaemia from 1984-2003, and launched the Centre for Cancer Evolution in 2013.<ref>[http://www.icr.ac.uk/docs/default-source/default-document-library/cec-prospectus-updated-january-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=0 CEC Prospectus]</ref>

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===Selected publications===
*Melvyn F. Greaves and Geoffrey Brown, [http://www.jimmunol.org/content/112/1/420.abstract "Purification of Human T and B Lymphocytes"], ''The Journal of Immunology'', January 1, 1974, vol. 112 no. 1 420-423
*Melvyn F. Greaves and Geoffrey Brown, [http://www.jimmunol.org/content/112/1/420.abstract "Purification of Human T and B Lymphocytes"], ''The Journal of Immunology'', January 1, 1974, vol. 112 no. 1 420-423
*Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) ''Monoclonal antibodies to receptors: probes for receptor structure and function'', Chapman and Hall, 1984, ISBN 978-0-412-25330-0
*Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) ''Monoclonal antibodies to receptors: probes for receptor structure and function'', Chapman and Hall, 1984, {{ISBN|978-0-412-25330-0}}
*Edward S. Henderson, Thomas Andrew Lister, Melvyn F. Greaves (eds) ''Leukemia'', Saunders, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7216-5381-5
*Edward S. Henderson, Thomas Andrew Lister, Melvyn F. Greaves (eds) ''Leukemia'', Saunders, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-7216-5381-5}}
*Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) ''Cancer: the evolutionary legacy '', Oxford University Press, 2000
*Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) ''Cancer: the evolutionary legacy '', Oxford University Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-19-262835-6}}


==Awards and honours==
==Recognition==
Greaves awards and honours include:
* 1986 Honorary MRCP (Royal College of Physicians, London).
* 1986 Honorary MRCP [[Royal College of Physicians]] London).{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
* 1999 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK (FMedSci).
* 1988 [[King Faisal International Prize|King Faisal Prize]] in medicine for his work on [[leukemia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=King Faisal Prize Professor Melvyn F. Greaves |url=https://kingfaisalprize.org/professor-melvin-f-greaves/ |website=King Faisal Prize |accessdate=15 October 2018}}</ref>
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* 1999 Gold Medal, British Society for Haematology.
* 2003 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).
* 1999 Elected a [[Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences]], UK (FMedSci).
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* 1999 Gold Medal, [[British Society for Haematology]].{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
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* 2015 [[Cancer Research UK]] Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize|url=https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/our-research-prizes/lifetime-achievement-in-cancer-research-prize|publisher=[[Cancer Research UK]]|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
* 2003 Elected [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/melvyn-greaves-11539/|title=Professor Melvyn Greaves FMedSci FRS|publisher=[[Royal Society]]|location=London|author=Anon|year=2003}}</ref>
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* 2015 [[Cancer Research UK]] Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize|date=27 October 2015|url=https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/our-research-prizes/lifetime-achievement-in-cancer-research-prize|publisher=[[Cancer Research UK]]|accessdate=21 December 2015}}</ref>
* 2017 [[Royal Medal]] of the Royal Society <ref>[https://bloodwise.org.uk/blog/pioneering-leukaemia-researcher-wins-prestigious-royal-society-award Royal Medal 2017]</ref>
*2018 [[Knight Bachelor]] for services to Childhood Leukaemia Research, in the [[2019 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62507 |date=29 December 2018 |page=N2 |supp=1}}</ref>


==References==
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==Further reading ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.science-connections.com/video/node/29 Interview with Melvin Greaves HPI Hamburg]
*http://en.scientificcommons.org/melvyn_greaves


* {{cite web |title= 'For 30 years I've been obsessed by why children get leukaemia. Now we have an answer' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/30/children-leukaemia-mel-greaves-microbes-protection-against-disease |work=The Guardian |first1=Robin |last1=McKie |date=30 December 2018 |accessdate=30 December 2018}} (Interview)

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Professor
Sir Melvyn Greaves
FRS FMedSci
Greaves delivering the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Prize lecture at the 2015 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Conference
Born (1941-09-12) 12 September 1941 (age 83)
Alma materUniversity College London
Scientific career
Institutions
Websitewww.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-mel-greaves

Sir Melvyn Francis Greaves (born 12 September 1941) is a British cancer biologist, and Professor of Cell Biology at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London.[1] He is noted for his research into childhood leukaemia and the roles of evolution in cancer, including important discoveries in the genetics and molecular biology underpinning leukaemia.[2][3]

Education

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Greaves initially trained in zoology and immunology, earning a PhD degree in 1968 from University College London.[citation needed]

Career and research

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In the mid-1970s his research turned to leukaemia, an interest he attributes to a tour of Great Ormond Street Hospital. He worked at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories at Lincoln's Inn Fields (now part of the Francis Crick Institute) before moving to the ICR in 1984.[4] At the ICR he served as Director of the Leukaemia Research Fund's Centre for Cell and Molecular Biology of Leukaemia from 1984-2003, and launched the Centre for Cancer Evolution in 2013.[5]

Selected publications

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  • Melvyn F. Greaves and Geoffrey Brown, "Purification of Human T and B Lymphocytes", The Journal of Immunology, January 1, 1974, vol. 112 no. 1 420-423
  • Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) Monoclonal antibodies to receptors: probes for receptor structure and function, Chapman and Hall, 1984, ISBN 978-0-412-25330-0
  • Edward S. Henderson, Thomas Andrew Lister, Melvyn F. Greaves (eds) Leukemia, Saunders, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7216-5381-5
  • Melvyn F. Greaves (ed) Cancer: the evolutionary legacy , Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-262835-6

Awards and honours

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Greaves awards and honours include:

References

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  1. ^ "Melvyn F Greaves". www.science-connections.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  2. ^ Interview with Melvin Greaves HPI Hamburg
  3. ^ "Archived copy". en.scientificcommons.org. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Professor Mel Greaves". www.icr.ac.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. ^ CEC Prospectus
  6. ^ "King Faisal Prize Professor Melvyn F. Greaves". King Faisal Prize. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. ^ Anon (2003). "Professor Melvyn Greaves FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society.
  8. ^ "Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research Prize". Cancer Research UK. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  9. ^ Royal Medal 2017
  10. ^ "No. 62507". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 29 December 2018. p. N2.

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