Brief biography:
My lab identified the DNA photoproducts that make mutations after ultraviolet light, used the unusual UV mutations to identify genes mutated by sunlight on the way to skin cancer, identified TP53 as one of these genes and as the signal for UV-induced cell death, showed that UV drives the proliferation of a mutant cell without needing more mutations, and discovered that chemical reactions involving radicals can give biomolecules UV-like energy levels that cause DNA damage yet can also prevent macular degeneration. Husband of another scientist, father of a talented daughter interested in criminology, and seeker of time for jogging or windsurfing.
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Professor of Therapeutic Radiology