David P. Lane#
| Membership Number: | 2125 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2001 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2012 Chairman, Chugai Pharmabody Research Pte Ltd, Singapore
- since 2009 Chief Scientist, A*STAR, Singapore
- 2007-2011 Chief Scientist, Cancer Research UK
- 2008-2009 Chairman of Singapore's Biomedical Research Council
- 2007-2008 Chief Executive Officer, Experimental Therapeutics Centre, Singapore
- 2004-2007 Executive Director of the IMCB in Singapore on a three year leave of absence from Dundee
- since 1998 Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY
- 1990-1998 Department of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Institute, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN.
- since 1990 Personal Chair in Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Director of the Cancer Research UK Cell Transformation Research Group,The Cancer Research UK Laboratories at Dundee
- 1988-1990 Principal Scientist, I.C.R.F., Continued at Clare Hall Laboratories
- 1985-1988 Senior Staff Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund Head, Molecular Immunochemistry Laboratory I.C.R.F. Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, Hertfordshire EN6 3LD
- 1981-1985 Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science & Technology
- 1978-1980 Leave of Absence, Robertson Research Fellow/Cancer Research Institute Fellow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, New York 11724, U.S.A.
- 1977-1981 Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Imperial College of Science & Technology, London SW7 2AZ
- 1976-1977 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the laboratory of Dr. L.V. Crawford, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular and cellular immunology
- P53 protein SV40 T antigen complex
- The p53 field
Honours and Awards
- Elected Fellowships
- 1990 Member of European Molecular Biology Organisation
- 1992 Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 1996 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1996 Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
- 1998 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2000 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
- 2001 Fellow of University College London
- 2001 Member of the Academia Europaea
- Prizes and Awards
- 1990 Gibb Fellow of the Cancer Research Campaign
- 1993 Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation, Switzerland
- 1993-1998 Howard Hughes International Scholar Award
- 1993 Joseph Steiner Prize, Switzerland
- 1994 Medal of the Swedish Society of Oncology
- 1995 Yvette Mayent Prize, France
- 1995 Black Prize,Thomas Jefferson University, USA
- 1995 Meyenburg Prize, Germany
- 1996 Silvanus Thompson Medal
- 1996 Henry Dryerre Prize Lecture
- 1998 Paul Ehrlich Prize, Germany
- 1998 Tom Connors Prize Lecturer
- 1998 Bruce-Preller Prize
- 1999 Hon. Doctor of Science, University of Abertay
- 2000 Hon. Doctor of Science, University of Stirling
- 2000 Knighthood
- 2002 Hon. Doctor of Science, University of Aberdeen
- 2002 Hon. Doctor of Science, University of Birmingham
- 2003 Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry
- 2004 Anthony Dipple Carcinogenesis Award
- 2004 Buchanan Medal of the Royal Society
- 2004 Biochemical Society Medal
- 2005 Int. Agency for Res. on Cancer (IARC) Medal, Lyon
- 2005 Sergio Lombroso Award in Cancer Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
- 2006 Inserm Award, France (Prize to Foreign Scientist)
- 2006 Hon. Doctor of Science, University of Nottingham
- 2007 Gregor Mendel Memorial Medal, Czech Republic
- 2007 AICR (Association for International Cancer Research) Colin Thomson Memorial Medal Lecture, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow
- 2007 David Hungerford Lecture Medal, Bangalore
- 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
- 2008 Royal Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2009 Datta Medal, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
- 2010 Hon. Doctor of Science, University of Liverpool
- 2011 Extraordinary Professor to the TEFAF Oncology Chair
- 2011 Doctor of Laws honoris causa, University of Dundee
- 2012 CRUK Lifetime Achievement Award, Cancer Research UK
