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James E. Darnell
James E. Darnell receiving the 2002 National Medal of Science
Born	(1930-09-09) September 9, 1930 (age 94) Columbus, Mississippi
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of Mississippi (B.A., 1951) Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (M.D., 1955)
Known for	Original discovery of RNA processing in eukaryotes. Determined how extracellular proteins (cytokines) stimulates nuclear gene expression.
Awards	Albany Medical Center Prize (2012) Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award (2002) National Medal of Science (2002) E.B. Wilson Medal (1998) Canada Gairdner International Award (1986)
Scientific career
Fields	Biochemistry Molecular Biology Developmental Biology
Institutions	The Rockefeller University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Albert Einstein College of Medicine Columbia University

James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930, Columbus, Mississippi) is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the cell biology textbook Molecular Cell Biology.

In 2004, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2013.

Since 2013, Darnell has been listed on the Advisory Council of the National Center for Science Education.

He is married to Norwegian former model and dress shop owner Kristin Holby, known as "Clotilde", whose daughter Phoebe, a financial analyst, is married to businessman Divya Narendra.

Awards

• 1999 Dickson Prize
• 1999 Cancer Research Institute William B. Coley Award
• 2002 National Medal of Science
• 2002 Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award
• 2010 Hope Funds Award in Basic Research
• 2012 Albany Medical Center Prize

References

1. "'Towering Figures' in Cell Research to Share Albany Medical Center Prize". Albany Medical Center. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
2. "President's National Medal of Science, James E. Darnell". National Science Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
3. "Canada Gairdner International Award Recipient James E. Darnell MD". Gairdner Foundation. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
4. Strong, Colby (June 11, 1990). "People: James E. Darnell, Jr., Is Appointed Chief Academic Officer At Rockefeller University". The Scientist. 4 (12).
5. Laureates of the 2002 National Medal of Science
6. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
7. "Advisory Council". ncse.com. National Center for Science Education. Archived from the original on 2013-08-10. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
8. Seymour, Lesley Jane (29 July 2007). "Swap Those Jeans for a Dress, Soccer Mom". The New York Times.
9. National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science

External links

• "Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology (James Darnell's Lab at The Rockefeller University". The Rockefeller University. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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