1. Tomas Robert Lindahl was born on 28 January 1938 and is a Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research.
11 Facts About Tomas Lindahl
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Tomas Lindahl received a PhD degree in 1967, and an MD degree qualification in 1970, from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
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Tomas Lindahl has contributed to many papers on DNA repair and the genetics of cancer.
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Tomas Lindahl was elected an EMBO Member in 1974 and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1988, his certificate of election reads:.
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Dr Tomas Lindahl is noted for his contributions to the comprehension of DNA repair at the molecular level in bacterial and mammalian cells.
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Tomas Lindahl was the first to isolate a mammalian DNA ligase and to describe a totally unanticipated novel group of DNA glycosylases as mediators of DNA excision repair.
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Tomas Lindahl has discovered a unique class of enzymes in mammalian cells, namely the methyltransferases, which mediate the adaptive response to alkylation of DNA and has shown that the expression of these enzymes is regulated by the ada gene.
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Tomas Lindahl has made a number of significant contributions to understanding at the DNA level the mechanism of transformation of B-lymphocytes by the Epstein-Barr virus.
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Tomas Lindahl's achievements stand out for their great originality, breadth and lasting influence.
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Tomas Lindahl was elected a founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998.
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Tomas Lindahl shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015.