Biography of Martin Raff, the writer of The Cell book.

1. Martin Raff
Shaqayeq Mahmoudi
Dr.Sara
Pahlavan
University of Science and Culture
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2. Martin
Raff
● Martin Raff is an Emeritus Professor at
University College London (UCL), where he
worked for more than 30 years on various
aspects of immunology, cell biology and
neurobiology until his retirement in 2002.
● Nationality: Canadian/British
citizen
● Marital status: Married, 3
children

3. EDUCATION
● B.Sc., McGill University, Montreal (1959)
● M.D.C.M. McGill University, Montreal (1963)

4. ● Intern and Assistant Resident in Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal (1963-
1965)
● Resident in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (1965-1969)
● Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill,
London (1969-1971)
● MRC Developmental Neurobiology Program, Biology Department, University College
London (UCL) (1971-2002)
● Professor of Biology, Biology Department, University College London (UCL) (1979-
2002)
● Scientist, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London
(UCL) (1993-)
● Emeritus Professor of Biology, Biology Department and MRC Lab for Molecular Cell
APPOINTMENT

5. MAP
Motreal,
Canada
Boston, USA
London,
England

6. FIELDS OF SCHOLARSHIP
● Cell number and size control
● T and B Lymphocytes
● Autism
● Glial cells
● Neural development
● Oligodendrocyte cell lineage

7. PUBLICATIONS
(selected)
 Raff M (2018). Ben Barres (1954-2017). Science 359;280.
 Raff MC (2014). Defining cell-surface antigenic markers for mouse T and B
cells. Front. Immunol. 5: 559.
 Raff M (2011). Looking back. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 27, 1-23
 Raff M (2009). New routes into the human brain. Cell 139(7), 1209-1211
doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.12.010
 Raff, M., Johnson, A., and Walter, P. (2008) Painful Publishing. Science 321:
36.

8. PUBLICATIONS
(selected)
 Raff, M. (2007) Intracellular developmental timers. Cold Spring Harbor
Symposia on Quantitative Biology, Symposium 72: 431-435.
 Raff, M. (2006) Martin Raff. In The History of Neuroscience in Autobiography,
Volume 5 (ed. Larry Squire), pp 505-548, Society for Neuroscience, Elsevier
Academic Press, Burlington, MA.
 Raff, M. (2006) The mystery of intracellular developmental programmes and
timers. Biochem. Soc. Transactions; 34: 663-70.

9. BOOKS
(selected)
 Greaves, M.F., Owen, J.J.T., and Raff, M.C. (1973) T and B Lymphocytes:
Origins, Properties and Roles in Immune Responses. Excerpta Medica,
Amsterdam.
 McKay, R., Raff, M.C., and Reichardt, L.F. (eds.) (1981) Monoclonal Antibodies
to Neural Antigens (Cold Spring Harbor Reports in the Neurosciences, vol. 2).
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York.
 Dexter, T.M., Raff, M.C., and Wyllie, A.H. (eds.) (1994) Death from the Inside
Out: The Role of Apoptosis in Development, Tissue Homeostasis and
Malignancy. Philosophical Transactions Series B, The Royal Society, London.

10. BOOKS
(selected)
 Hall, M.N., Raff, M.C., and Thomas, G. (eds.) (2004) Cell Growth: Control of
Cell Size. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
 Alberts, B., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K., and Walter, P. (2 Dec.
2014) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Ed. Garland Press, New York.
 Alberts, B., Bray, D., Hopkins, K., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K.,
and Walter, P. (2010) Essential Cell Biology, 3rd Ed. Garland Press, New York.

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13. MUSIC
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"Abbey Road
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16. HONOURS AND
AWARDS
● Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
(Neurology). (1968)
● Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization. (1974)
● Fellow, Royal Society of London. (1985)
● Member of Academia Europaea. (1988)
● Feldberg Prize given by Feldberg Foundation. (1989)
● Honorary Member of American Neurological Society. (1989)
● President, British Society of Cell Biology. (1991-1995)
● Chairman, UK Life Sciences Committee. (1997-2001)
● Inaugural Fellow of the British Academy of Medical Sciences. (1998)
● Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
(1999)

17. HONOURS AND
AWARDS
● Dunham Lectures, Harvard University. (2001)
● United Kingdom-Canada Rutherford Lectures. (2002)
● Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence and Apoptosis in Disease and
Health. (2002)
● Foreign Associate of National Academy of Sciences of the USA. (2003)
● Honorary Fellow, University College London. (2004)
● Kuffler Lectures, UCSD. (2004)
● Honorary Degree, McGill University, London. (2005)
● The Biochemical Society Award. (2006)
● Honorary Degree, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. (2007)
● DART/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Award in Basic Science. (2010)

18. Past Members and
Associates of the
Raff Lab

21. Raff After
Retirement
“I promised myself that I would
retire by 65, (2002)
I still have an office at UCL,
serve on some scientific
advisory boards, and am
involved in book writing.
Another great thing about
retirement is that I get to read
things I didn’t have time to read
before”

22. REFERENCES
● Larry R. Squire. Science Direct . Martin Raff. 2006. Retrieved from:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1874-6055(06)80035-6
● Kaiser Dana. Martin Raff. Last changed on 16, January ,2018. Retrieved from:
https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Raff_Martin
● ch151admu. Alberts et al., 1994 vs. The Beatles, 1969. Retrieved from :
https://ch151admu.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/alberts-et-al-1994-vs-the-beatles-
1969/
● Raff 1970 Two distinct populations of peripheral lymphocytes in mice distinguishable
by immunofluorescence. Immunology 19 637–50. Hats off to Immunology: An
Interview with Martin Raff. Celebrating Immunology at 60. 18 December, 2018. .
Retrieved from: https://www.immunology.org/news/hats-immunology-interview-
martin-raff

23. REFERENCES
● Kaiser Dana. Martin Raff. Last changed on 16, January ,2018. Retrieved from:
https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Raff_Martin
● Ibiology. Martin Raff. November 2006. Retrieved from:
https://www.ibiology.org/speakers/martin-raff/
● LMCB - MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology. Martin Raff. Retrieved from:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lmcb/users/martin-raff
● The Company of Biologists Ltd. Thoughts of a retired scientist: an interview with
Martin Raff. Disease Models & Mechanisms. June 21, 2012. Retrieved from:
https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.010264
● SFARI Scientific Advisory Board. Martin Raff. Retrieved from:
https://www.sfari.org/people/martin-raff/

24. REFERENCES
● Elsevier Ltd . Current Biology 28, R51–R65, January 22, 2018. Retrieved from:
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(17)31603-2.pdf
● Larry R. Squire. Science Direct . Martin Raff. 2006. Retrieved from:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1874-6055(06)80035-6
● Wikipedia writers. Martin Raff . 7 December 2020. Retrieved from :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Raff#cite_note-10
● Prizewinners of the Feldberg Foundation". Feldberg Foundation. Retrieved 2014-09-
20
● "Member: Martin Raff“.United States National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2014-
09-2
● Raff, M. Video Q&A: What is autism? - A personal view. BMC Biol 8, 42 (2010).
https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-42

25. Thank You
For Your
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