!!Martin Charles Raff \\ __Address:__ \\ \\ MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Biology Department, University College London, London WC1E 6BT Born: 15 January 1938\\ Nationality: Canadian/British citizen\\ Marital status: Married, 3 children\\ \\ __Education & Experience:__ \\ *1955–59 B.Sc., Magna Cum Laude, McGill University *1959–63 M.D.C.M., McGill University *1963–65 Intern and Assistant Resident in Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal *1965–68 Resident in Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Research Fellow in Neurology and Neuropathology, Harvard Medical School *1968–71 Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London (Mentor: N.A. Mitchison) *1971–02 Co-director, Medical Research Council Developmental Neurobiology Programme, Biology Department, University College London *1979–02 Professor of Biology, Biology Department, University College London (Personal Chair, funded as part of Medical Research Council Developmental Neurobiology Programme Grant) *1992- Scientist, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London *2002- Emeritus Professor, Biology Department and MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London \\ __Honours:__ \\ *Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1961– *Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Neurology), 1968– *Fellow of the Royal Society, 1985– *Academia Europaea, 1988– *Feldberg Prize, 1989 *Honorary Member of American Neurological Society, 1989– *President, British Society of Cell Biology, 1991–1995 *Chairman, UK Life Sciences Committee, 1997–2001 *British Academy of Medical Sciences, 1998– *Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999– *Dunham Lectures, Harvard University, 2001 *United Kingdom-Canada Rutherford Lectures, 2002 *Hamdan Prize for Apoptosis in Disease and Health, 2002 *Foreign Associate of National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 2003– *Kuffler Lectures, UCSD, 2004 *Honorary Degree, University College London, 2005 *Honorary Degree McGill University, 2005 *The Biochemical Society Award, 2006 *Honorary Degree, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 2007 \\ __National and International Committees:__ \\ \\ ''Present:'' \\ *Lasker Prize Jury, 1996– *EMBO Meeting Committee \\ ''Past:'' \\ *Association of Medical Charities (UK) *Medical Research Council Neurosciences Board *EMBO Fellowship Committee *EMBO Council *Review Committee for Human Frontier Science (Brain Functions) *Medical Research Council Strategy and Development Group *Nuffield Council on Bioethics *Wellcome Trust Neuroscience and Mental Health Strategy Committee, London \\ __Scientific Advisory Boards:__ \\ \\ ''Present:'' \\ *Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research *Autism Speaks, New York *Company of Biologists, Board of Directors, UK *Ellison Medical Foundation, New York *Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon *Glaucoma Foundation Catalyst For Cure, San Francisco *Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Lisbon *Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, London *Mental Health Research, UK *Myelin Repair Foundation, California *Rita Levi-Montalcini European Brain Research Institute, Rome *Centre de Recherche de L’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epiniere, Paris *Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, New York *Skirball Institute (chairman), NYU *Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford *Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford \\ ''Past:'' \\ *Centre d'Immunologie, Marseilles *Center for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London *Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna (chairman) *Curis, Inc., Cambridge, MA *Friedrich Miescher Institute (chairman), Basle *Idun Pharmaceuticals, San Diego *Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Martinsreid *Randall Institute, King’s College London *Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto *San Raffaele Institute, Milan *Topotarget A/S, Abingdon *Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne *Xenova Research Ltd., Cambridge, UK *ZMBH, Heidelberg \\ __Editorial Boards:__ \\ \\ ''Present:'' \\ *Cell Cycle *Cell Research *Cell Structure and Function *Current Opinion in Cell Biology *Current Opinion in Neurobiology *Journal of Biology *Multiple Sclerosis *Neurobiology of Disease \\ ''Past:'' \\ *Cell *Cell Death and Differentiation *Current Biology *Development *EMBO Journal *EMBO Reports *European Journal of Immunology *European Journal of Neuroscience *Glia *Journal of Cell Biology *Journal of Membrane Biology *Journal of Neurocytology *Journal of Neuroscience *Journal of Neuroimmunology *Journal of Neuroendocrinology *Journal of Neuroscience Research *Associate Editor, Molecular Biology of the Cell *Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience *Neuron *Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology *Scandinavian Journal of Immunology *Science *Trends in Neuroscience