Martin Evans

Martin John Evans (2007)

Sir Martin John Evans (born January 1, 1941 in Stroud ) is a British geneticist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2007. He was awarded together with Oliver Smithies and Mario Capecchi for research on the knockout mouse . Evans is a pioneer in mouse embryonic stem cell research , an essential tool for creating knockout mice.

Life

Evans graduated in 1963 at Christ's College of Cambridge University . In 1969 he received his PhD from University College London . From 1969 to 1978 he worked at the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at University College London, teaching students. From 1978 he was in the Department of Genetics at Cambridge University. He has been a professor at Cardiff University since 1999 .

Awards

• 1993 - Fellow of the Royal Society
• 1999 - March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
• 2001 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research together with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies
• 2002 - Honorary Doctorate from Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, USA
• 2004 - Knight Bachelor (Queen's New Years Honors) for service in medicine
• 2005 - Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bath
• 2007 - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies
• 2008 - Honorary Doctorate from the University of Athens
• 2008 - Honorary Doctorate from University College London
• 2009 - Member of the Academia Europaea
• 2009 - Copley Medal
• 2011 - Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
• 2013 - Honorary Doctorate from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Web links

• Information from the Nobel Foundation on the 2007 award ceremony for Martin Evans
• Biography (English)
• Literature by and about Martin Evans in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Membership directory: Martin Evans. Academia Europaea, accessed on November 4, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).