Thomas J. Kelly (scientist)
Thomas J. Kelly ( born November 21, 1941) is a genetic scientist who is active in basic research.
Kelly is the director of the Sloan- Kettering Institute, a research institute at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Life
Kelly graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland with a BA, a Ph.D. in biophysics and a M.D. ( Professional Doctorate ). He became a member of the faculty of Johns Hopkins University, where he most recently in 1972 - served as director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics and among others, the later Nobel laureate Carol Greider recruited - as the successor of Daniel Nathans. Since 2002 he has been director of the Sloan- Kettering Institute at Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center.
Work
Kelly is considered one of the most important explorers of DNA replication in eukaryotes, particularly with regard to the initiation and control of this process. Several mammalian viruses were used as a model organism. He later developed widespread in vitro systems for full replication of adenovirus and the simian virus 40 recent works deal with the relationship between DNA replication and the progression of the cell cycle in humans and schizomycetes Schizosacchromyces pombe.