Alick Isaacs
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Alick Isaacs FRS[1] (17 July 1921 – 26 January 1967) was a Scottish virologist.
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| Born | 17 July 1921 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 26 January 1967 (aged 45) |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Virology |
| Institutions | National Institute for Medical Research |
Background and early life
Professional life
Isaacs earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Glasgow in 1954.[4]
In 1957 he co-discovered interferon with Swiss virologist Jean Lindenmann.[5] He served as the head of the Laboratory for Research on Interferon at the National Institute for Medical Research in 1964–1967.[6] Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou worked as an early career researcher in his laboratory.[7]
Awards, death and legacy
Isaacs was awarded honours and the Bellahouston Gold Medal for his research on the influenza virus.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1966.[1] He died in 1967, aged 45, of a brain haemorrhage.[8] He was survived by his wife, Susanna Isaacs Elmhirst, a paediatric registrar, who later became a child psychiatrist.[8] A collection of his laboratory notes is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.[9]