James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930, Columbus, Mississippi)[5] is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbook Molecular Cell Biology.
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 James E. Darnell receiving the 2002 National Medal of Science | |
| Born | September 9, 1930 |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Awards | Albany Medical Center Prize (2012)[1] Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award (2002) National Medal of Science (2002)[2] E.B. Wilson Medal (1998) Canada Gairdner International Award (1986)[3] |
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In 2004, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2013.[6]
Since 2013, Darnell has been listed on the Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education.[7]
He is married to Norwegian former model and dress shop owner Kristin Holby, known as "Clotilde", whose daughter Phoebe, a financial analyst, is married to businessman Divya Narendra.[8]
Awards
- 1999 Dickson Prize
- 1999 Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award
- 2002 National Medal of Science[9]
- 2002 Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award
- 2010 Hope Funds Award in Basic Research
- 2012 Albany Medical Center Prize
References
External links
- "Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology (James Darnell's Lab at The Rockefeller University". The Rockefeller University. Retrieved 12 February 2015.