Cristin Print

Cristin Gregor (Cris) Print is a New Zealand academic using genomics and bioinfomatics to research cancer. He is currently a Professor of Molecular Medicine and Pathology at the University of Auckland.

Life Print was born in Palmerston North. From an early age he was interested in the mechanics of objects, disassembling and reassembling lawnmowers. Thanks to an influential teacher, he turned his attention to biology in high school.

Print is married with three children and is an enthusiastic mountain biker.

While working he was a Junior Research Fellow for the Otago Area Health Board, and began research that led to him pursuing a PhD in molecular immunology at the University of Auckland from 1991–1994.

Print continued his research with a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute at the University of Melbourne studying apoptosis, the molecular control of programmed cell death.

As of 2023 he is deputy chair (previously Director and acting chair) and a board member of the Crown Research Institute ESR, and a board member of Cancer Research NZ.

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