Raymond L. Erikson

Raymond Leo Erikson ( born January 24, 1936 in Eagle, Wisconsin) is an American molecular biologist.

Erikson studied at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1958 and 1961 for his Masters degree in 1963 and his doctorate in molecular biology. As a post - graduate student, he was at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he was an Assistant Professor in 1965 and later became a professor. In addition, he was from 1972 to 1973 at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, and from 1975 to 1978 in the Experimental Virology Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. From 1982 he was professor of cell biology and developmental biology at Harvard University, where he was John F. Drum American Cancer Society Professor later.

He dealt with tumor viruses, protein kinases and their role in cell division.

In 1982 he was awarded the Robert Koch Prize and the 1982 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. In 1983, he received the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize from the General Motors Cancer Foundation and in 1984 the Hammer Prize for Cancer Research.