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Hugh John Forster Cairns FRS (21 November 1922 – 12 November 2018) was a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health.
Jan 31, 2019 · Cairns produced one of the most famous images in biology (pictured below), from which he coined the term ‘replication fork’ for the Y-shaped junctions viewed in this partially replicated...
Professor of Health Economics. United Kingdom. Email. John. Jump to: Affiliations Teaching Research Publications. I studied economics at the University of Aberdeen and at the University of York. My first post was as a research fellow in health economics at the University of York.
About John Cairns: British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health. Cairns received his M.D. from Oxford.
Professor of Civil Law. LL.B., Ph.D., F.R.S.E. Office hours: Tuesday 12:30-13:30. Tel: +44 (0)131-650-2065. Email: john.cairns@ed.ac.uk. View my publications.
John Cairns, physician and molecular biologist, received his degree in medicine from Oxford University in 1946. Cairns worked as a virologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, at the Virus Research Institute in Entrebbe, Uganda and at the Curtain School of Medical Research in Canberra.
Hugh John Forster Cairns FRS was a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health. He is a former CSHL Director, 1963-1968.
