David Ish-Horowicz FRS (born 1948) is a British scientist. He is currently a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London (since 2013). [1] Between 1987 and 2013, he was a Principal Scientist and Head of the Developmental Genetics Laboratory at Cancer Research UK [2] (formerly Imperial Cancer Research Fund). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002 [3] and won the Waddington Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2007. [4] He is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. [5] He has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization since 1985.[ citation needed]
His father was Moshe Ish-Horowicz (1916–2008), a prominent leader in the development of Reform Judaism in Manchester. [6]
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA, 1969), and researched at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology while at Darwin College, Cambridge (PhD, 1973), and was a postdoctoral fellow in Basel. [7]
David Ish-Horowicz FRS (born 1948) is a British scientist. He is currently a Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at University College London (since 2013). [1] Between 1987 and 2013, he was a Principal Scientist and Head of the Developmental Genetics Laboratory at Cancer Research UK [2] (formerly Imperial Cancer Research Fund). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002 [3] and won the Waddington Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2007. [4] He is a former member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. [5] He has been a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization since 1985.[ citation needed]
His father was Moshe Ish-Horowicz (1916–2008), a prominent leader in the development of Reform Judaism in Manchester. [6]
He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA, 1969), and researched at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology while at Darwin College, Cambridge (PhD, 1973), and was a postdoctoral fellow in Basel. [7]