Ian M. Kerr

Ian Kerr
FRS FMedSci
Born
Ian Macpherson Kerr
EducationUniversity of St Andrews (BSc)
University of London (PhD)
AwardsEMBO Member (1986)
William B. Coley Award (1999)
Scientific career
WorkplacesNational Institute for Medical Research
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Stanford University
ThesisThe relation between ribonucleic acid and protein metabolism in the encephalomyocarditis virus infected mouse ascites tumour cell (1963)
Doctoral students
Hayaatun Sillem
James Briscoe

Ian Macpherson Kerr is a scientist whose research interests include the mechanism of action of the interferons, signal transduction and protein synthesis to viral infection and double-stranded RNA.

Kerr was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1985 and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2000.

References

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  2. ↑ Anon (1985). "Dr Ian Kerr FMedSci FRS". royalsociety. Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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  3. ↑ Is'Harc, Hayaatun (2002). JAK/STAT signalling. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University College London (University of London). OCLC 1124189675. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.272414.
  4. ↑ Is’harc, Hayaatun; Watling, Diane; Kerr, Ian M. (2001). "Phosphotyrosine profiling to identify novel components of interferon and interleukin 6-family cytokine signalling". Proteomics. 1 (6): 767–772. doi:10.1002/1615-9861(200106)1:6<767::AID-PROT767>3.0.CO;2-P. ISSN 1615-9853. PMID 11677783. S2CID 33545407.
  5. 1 2 Briscoe, James (1996). JAKs, STATs and signal transduction in response to the interferons and interleukin-6. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). King's College London (University of London). OCLC 940139742. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.336443.
  6. ↑ "Dr Ian Kerr". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2026-07-12.