Alick Isaacs

Alick Isaacs FRS where Isaacs was born.

Professional life Isaacs earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Glasgow in 1954.

In 1957 he co-discovered interferon with Swiss virologist Jean Lindenmann. He served as the head of the Laboratory for Research on Interferon at the National Institute for Medical Research in 1964–1967. Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou worked as an early career researcher in his laboratory.

Awards, death and legacy Isaacs was awarded honours and the Bellahouston Gold Medal for his research on the influenza virus. He was survived by his wife, Susanna Isaacs Elmhirst, a paediatric registrar, who later became a child psychiatrist.