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Hugh John Forster Cairns FRS [3] (21 November 1922 – 12 November 2018) was a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health.
Jan 31, 2019 · Cairns created and fostered an exceptionally stimulating, interactive, nurturing and cutting-edge research environment that launched the careers of many students and postdocs who had...
- Leona D. Samson
- lsamson@mit.edu
- 2019
Virtually no other scientist had worked at the highest levels in the diverse fields of molecular biology, molecular genetics, cancer research and public health. In this book, Cairns drew on his...
- Leona D. Samson
- 2019
Dr Cairns was a physician and molecular biologist who worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne (Australia), at the Virus Research Institute in Entebbe (Uganda), and subsequently at the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra (Australia).
Dec 21, 2005 · But John Cairns (then Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) was not convinced that the Kornberg enzyme could catalyse the copying of DNA rapidly enough to account for the in vivo rate...
- Errol C. Friedberg
- 2006
Cairns research at Mill Hill focused on DNA mutagenic agents and the role of certain chemical in cancer production. His research on E. coli demonstrated that there is a system to repair DNA mutations.
Abstract. John Cairns was a magnet for scientists (and non-scientists) of all types, from undergraduates to Nobel laureates. For him science was fun, and discussing science with others even more fun.
