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Hugh John Forster Cairns FRS (21 November 1922 – 12 November 2018) was a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health.
Jan 31, 2019 · Cairns produced one of the most famous images in biology (pictured below), from which he coined the term ‘replication fork’ for the Y-shaped junctions viewed in this partially replicated...
- Leona D. Samson
- lsamson@mit.edu
- 2019
Cairns research at Mill Hill focused on DNA mutagenic agents and the role of certain chemical in cancer production. His research on E. coli demonstrated that there is a system to repair DNA mutations.
John Cairns, physician and molecular biologist, received his degree in medicine from Oxford University in 1946. Cairns worked as a virologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, at the Virus Research Institute in Entrebbe, Uganda and at the Curtain School of Medical Research in Canberra.
John Cairns (1922-) is a microbiologist who pioneered studies in DNA replication. He first came to CSHL in 1960 to work with Al Hershey. Cairns served as the Director of Cold Sping Harbor Laboratory from 1963 to 1968, overseeing its creation by amalgamation of the Biological Laboratory with the Carnegie Institution's Department of Genetics.
John Cairns was a physician and molecular biologist who worked on DNA replication and autoradiography. He was the director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from 1963 to 1968 and initiated its merger with the Long Island Biological Association.
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Learn about John Cairns, a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health. Read his 1978 book "Cancer Science and Society" and explore his career and achievements.
