Miroslav Radman
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Miroslav Radman is a prominent Croatia
n biologist and a member of the French Academy of Sciences
. Radman's specialty is DNA repair
; in 1974 he discovered the SOS response
. He is now a professor of cellular biology at the Faculté de Médecine - Necker, Université Paris V, Paris, France.
Radman is a co-founder of the Mediterranean Institute For Life Sciences.
In 2011 Radman won the FEMS-Lwoff Award
, given out by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies
, for his research of DNA repair mechanism in Deinococcus radiodurans
.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n biologist and a member of the French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
. Radman's specialty is DNA repair
DNA repair
DNA repair refers to a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome. In human cells, both normal metabolic activities and environmental factors such as UV light and radiation can cause DNA damage, resulting in as many as 1...
; in 1974 he discovered the SOS response
SOS response
The SOS response is a global response to DNA damage in which the cell cycle is arrested and DNA repair and mutagenesis are induced. The SOS uses the RecA protein . The RecA protein, stimulated by single-stranded DNA, is involved in the inactivation of the LexA repressor thereby inducing the response...
. He is now a professor of cellular biology at the Faculté de Médecine - Necker, Université Paris V, Paris, France.
Radman is a co-founder of the Mediterranean Institute For Life Sciences.
In 2011 Radman won the FEMS-Lwoff Award
André Michel Lwoff
André Michel Lwoff was a French microbiologist. He was born in Ainay-le-Château, Allier, in Auvergne, France. He joined the Institute Pasteur in Paris when he was 19 years old...
, given out by the Federation of European Microbiological Societies
FEMS
FEMS, the Federation of European Microbiological Societies is an international European scientific organization, formed by the union of a number of national organizations; there are now 50 members, regular and provisional...
, for his research of DNA repair mechanism in Deinococcus radiodurans
Deinococcus radiodurans
Deinococcus radiodurans is an extremophilic bacterium, one of the most radioresistant organisms known. It can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum, and acid, and is therefore known as a polyextremophile and has been listed as the world's toughest bacterium in The Guinness Book Of World Records.-Name...
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