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British-born Canadian scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthony James Pawson (18 October 1952 – 7 August 2013[1]) was a British-born Canadian genetic scientist. He was known and recognized for his work on cellular organization, including how cells respond to growth signals, and how they communicate with each other.[2]
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| Born | Anthony James Pawson 18 October 1952 Maidstone, England |
| Died | 7 August 2013 (aged 60) Toronto, Ontario |
| Nationality | British-Canadian |
| Alma mater | Clare College, Cambridge King's College London (PhD) |
| Known for | Cellular signal transduction |
| Awards | Gairdner Foundation International Award (1994) Flavelle Medal (1998) Wolf Prize in Medicine (2005) Royal Medal (2005) Kyoto Prize (2008) Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics, microbiology |
| Institutions | University of Toronto Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute |
| Thesis | Studies on the Proteins and Nucleic Acids of RNA Tumour Viruses (1976) |
Pawson is the recipient of several notable awards such as Gairdner Foundation International Award, Wolf Prize in Medicine, Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates and Kyoto Prize.
Pawson was born in Maidstone, England.[1] He was the son of the sportsman and writer Tony Pawson, and botanist and high-school teacher Hilarie. He was the eldest of three children.[3]
He was educated at Winchester College[4] and Clare College, Cambridge, where he received an MA in biochemistry followed by a PhD from King's College London in 1976. From 1976 to 1980 he pursued postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1981 to 1985, he was Assistant Professor in microbiology at the University of British Columbia.[5]
Pawson was a Distinguished Investigator and former Director of Research at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto both of which he joined in 1985.[6]
Pawson died on 7 August 2013 of unspecified causes at the age of 60.[7][8][9][2]
Pawson's research changed the understanding of signal transduction, the molecular mechanisms by which cells respond to external cues, and how they communicate with each other. He identified the phosphotyrosine-binding Src homology 2 (SH2 domain) as the prototypic non-catalytic interaction module. SH2 domains serve as a model for a large family of protein modules that act together to control many aspects of cellular signalling. Since the discovery of SH2 domains, hundreds of different modules have been identified in many proteins.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
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