| RefNo | EC/2022/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Raff, Jordan: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 21 April 2022 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Jordan Raff as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citation giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Jordan Raff has made seminal discoveries about the function and formation of centrosomes, changing the textbook view of these intriguing organelles, which help organise eukaryotic cells. Among these discoveries, he demonstrated that centrosome amplification promotes the development of cancer, as first proposed over 100 years ago, and he showed that, unexpectedly, a complex animal can proceed through most of development without centrosomes. Using state-of-the-art live cell imaging, he has recently made the remarkable discovery that centrosome biogenesis is timed and executed by a molecular oscillator, and he has proposed that similar oscillators might control organelle biogenesis more generally. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers and date certificate was first submitted for candidacy are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |