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Ian Tomlinson

Director of the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University of Birmingham

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About Ian Tomlinson

Ian Tomlinson was a researcher.

Ian Tomlinson is a British scientist who is a director of the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University of Birmingham.

Career and research Highlights of Tomlinson's research include the discovery of colorectal cancer genes and kidney cancer predisposition genes that are transferred by Mendelian inheritance.

Awards and honours Tomlinson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2019 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge". He is also elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci) in 2009. In 2013, he was awarded the United European Gastroenterology Research Prize of €100.000.

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Important facts

Occupation
Education
University of Edinburgh
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society; Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists; Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences; EMBO Membership
Also known as
Ian Philip Mark Tomlinson

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Director of the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University of Birmingham

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Ian Tomlinson was a researcher.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ian Tomlinson

· Wikidata: Q63213090

· DBpedia: Ian Tomlinson (scientist)

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