Douglas Hanahan
Douglas Hanahan (born 1951)[1] is an American biologist, professor and director of the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research at EPFL (École polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Douglas Hanahan in 2017 at EPFL | |
Born | 1951 |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | "The Hallmarks of Cancer" "DH5-Alpha Cell" named after him |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) University of California, San Francisco |
He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1983. In 1983, he developed Super Optimal Broth, a microbiological growth medium.[2][3] He also improved the protocols used for plasmid transformation of Escherichia coli.[2] In the 1980s, he developed one of the first transgenic mouse models of cancer.[4] With Robert Weinberg, he wrote a seminal paper The Hallmarks of Cancer, published in January 2000, and which in March 2011 is the most often cited article from the peer reviewed journal Cell.[5] In 2011, they published an updated review article entitled "Hallmarks of cancer: the next generation".[6]
Awards
- 2014 Fellow of the AACR Academy
- 2014 AACR Lifetime Achievement Award in Cancer Research
- 2013 Vice-Director, Swiss Cancer Center Lausanne
- 2012 Award for Cancer Research, Fondazione San Salvatore, Lugano
- 2010 Elected Member, European Molecular Biology Association
- 2009 Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences
- 2008 Elected Member, Institute of Medicine
- 2007 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2001-2009 American Cancer Society Research Professor
- 1993 Grand Prize for Biology, National Cancer Association of France
- 1992-2009 Founding Chair, UCSF Fellows Program
- 1984-1988 Group Leader, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Notes and references
- "Biography 34: Doug Hanahan (1951 - )". Dolan DNA Learning Center. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- Hanahan, D. (1983). "Studies on transformation of Escherichia coli with plasmids". Journal of Molecular Biology. 166 (4): 557–580. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(83)80284-8. PMID 6345791.
- SOC Medium
- "Fellows of the AACR Academy".
- Hanahan, D.; Weinberg, R. (2000). "The hallmarks of cancer". Cell. 100 (1): 57–70. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81683-9. PMID 10647931. S2CID 1478778.
- Hanahan, D.; Weinberg, R. A. (2011). "Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation". Cell. 144 (5): 646–674. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2011.02.013. PMID 21376230.