Michael Akam
Encyclopedia
Michael Edwin Akam FRS (born 19 June 1952 Bromley, Kent) is a British zoologist. He is professorial fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge
, and Director, University Museum of Zoology.
He was Damon Runyan fellow at Stanford University
, from 1979 to 1981.
He is American Association for the Advancement of Science
fellow.
Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin...
, and Director, University Museum of Zoology.
He was Damon Runyan fellow at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, from 1979 to 1981.
He is American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
fellow.
Works
- Michael Akam (Ed), The evolution of developmental mechanisms, Issue 1, Company of Biologists, 1994, ISBN 9780948601439