Person Ekins; Roger Philip (1926 - 2016) Ekins Roger Philip 1926 - 2016 British Male 22/09/1926 1926 26/07/2016 20160726

Biophysicist Education: PH.D at Cambridge Career: A biophysicist who pioneered approaches to analyse minute quantities of biological matter now used worldwide in medical diagnostics. In particular, Roger applied his techniques to the field of endocrinology, proposing the existence of previously unknown effects exerted by maternal hormones, e.g. thyroid and possibly steroid hormones, on early foetal brain development. He was a researcher at the Barnato Joel Laboratory, at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. His research was instrumental in the work of Dr Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, who was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Medicine.[ He is internationally recognised as the originator of both radioimmunoassay and related ligand binding assays. These form the basis of routinely used diagnostic tests, such as for thyroid function or viral infection. In addition, in the 1980s Roger pioneered a technology that permits simultaneous measurement of the concentrations of thousands of substances, such as hormones, viruses and genes, from a drop or two of blood, leading to his receipt of a Prince of Wales Award for Innovation Head of Molecular Endocrinology, University College London. In 2006, he received the Department of Health’s Lifetime Achievement Award — the first such award to a scientist made by the UK government department. Emeritus Professor and Head of Department, Division of Molecular Endocrinology, University College London Awards; awarded the 1998 Edwin F. Ullman Award. Fellow 10/05/2001 75 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Sep 1926 - 26 Jul 2016 NA6868 21/11/2001 Andyg Gudrun 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/45584953 c9620cfb-98c4-401f-8b79-5f97d3f0c5be