Jeremy Brockes

Jeremy Brockes
Jeremy Brockes
Born	Jeremy Patrick Brockes; 29 February 1948; Haslemere, Surrey, England
Relatives	Emma Brockes (niece)
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA); University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	Biochemistry
Institutions	University College London; Harvard Medical School; California Institute of Technology; King's College London;

Jeremy Patrick Brockes FRS (born 29 February 1948) is a British biochemist who worked as an MRC Research Professor at University College London until 2016.[1][2]

Early life and education

Brockes was born in Haslemere, Surrey. He attended Winchester College, and then earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge (1969) and a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Edinburgh (1972), where he studied in the laboratory of the late Kenneth Murray and Noreen Murray. He did post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School with Zach Hall, and at University College London with Martin Raff.

After completing postgraduate work, Brockes conducted research and teaching at California Institute of Technology, King's College London and University College London. He studied cellular interactions in the mammalian peripheral nervous system, and the mechanisms underlying limb regeneration in salamanders.

He plays chess as a FIDE and ECF-rated player.

He is the uncle of award-winning journalist and author Emma Brockes.

Kumar A, Godwin JW, Gates PB, Garza-Garcia AA, Brockes JP. Molecular basis for the nerve dependence of limb regeneration in an adult vertebrate. Science 330, 485-490 (2007).
Jeremy P. Brockes, Anoop Kumar, Cristiana P. Velloso, "Regeneration as an evolutionary variable" J Anat. 2001 Jul-Aug; 199(Pt 1-2): 3–11.
Neuroimmunology, Plenum Press, 1982, ISBN 978-0-306-40955-4.

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