James Till
James Edgar Till (born August 25, 1931 in Lloydminster , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian biophysicist and stem cell and cancer researcher and former professor at the University of Toronto .
Life
Till earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in physics in 1952 from the University of Saskatchewan ( Saskatoon , Canada), and a Ph.D. in 1957. at Yale University ( New Haven (Connecticut) , USA). As a postdoctoral fellow he went to the Connaught Medical Research Laboratories in Toronto and was one of the founding scientific staff of the Ontario Cancer Institute as a sister institution to the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto in 1958 . While he was initially in the Department of Physics, Till moved to the Department of Biological Research in 1967, which he became head of in 1969. In addition, from 1958 Till worked at the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto , where he took on an associate professorship in 1965 and a full professorship in 1968. Since 1996 he has been Senior Scientist Emeritus at the Ontario Cancer Institute and since 1997 University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto .
Till is married and has three children.
Act
Till first looked at the radiation sensitivity of various mammalian tissues, including the bone marrow . Together with Ernest A. McCulloch , he published fundamental work on the biology of stem cells and on the physiology and pathophysiology of hematopoiesis . From 1980 Till turned to questions of quality of life , research ethics or decision-making in cancer patients . More recent work deals with the dissemination of health information via the Internet ( e-health ) with a special focus on the open access movement .
Awards (selection)
- 1969 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 1969 membership in the Royal Society of Canada
- 1993 Robert L. Noble Prize
- 1994 Officer of the Order of Canada
- 2000 membership in the Royal Society of London
- 2004 Induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
- 2005 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 2005 Order of Ontario
Web links
- James Edgar Till (PDF, 386 kB) at the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gairdner Awardees 1968-1977 at gairdner.org; Retrieved December 7, 2012
- ↑ James Edgar Till at cos.com ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). But not listed under the Robert L Noble Prize at cancer.ca; Retrieved December 19, 2010
- ↑ James Edgar Till, OC, Ph.D., FRSC at gg.ca; Retrieved December 19, 2010
- ↑ Dr. James Edgar Till at cdnmedhall.org; accessed on January 23, 2016
- ^ Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award 2005: Ernest McCulloch and James Till at laskerfoundation.org; Retrieved December 19, 2010
- ^ Order of Ontario Appointees at gov.on.ca; Retrieved December 19, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Till, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Till, James E .; Till, James Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian biophysicist and cancer researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lloydminster , Saskatchewan |