Mustafa Djamgoz
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Prof. Mustafa Bilgin Ali Djamgoz ({{langx|tr|Mustafa Bilgin Ali Camgöz}}) (born in 1952, Nicosia, Cyprus) is Professor of cancer biology at Imperial College London and chairman of the College of Medicine’s Science Council.{{cite news|title=Could we have a way of finding hidden bombs? All is revealed|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article542601.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110629123905/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article542601.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2011|first=Anjana|last=Ahuja|work=The Times|date=11 July 2005|accessdate=25 February 2011}}{{cite web|title=Cancer: doctors solve riddle of why cancer spreads|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/216905/Cancer-Doctors-solve-riddle-of-why-cancer-spreadsCancer-Doctors-solve-riddle-of-why-cancer-spreadsCancer-Doctors-solve-riddle-of-why-cancer-spreadsCancer-Doctors-solve-riddle-of-why-cancer-spreadsCancer-Doctors-solve-riddle-of-why-cancer-spreadsCancer-Doctors-solve-riddle-of-why-cancer-spreads|first=Lucy|last=Johnston|work=Express|date=12 December 2010|accessdate=25 February 2011}}
Biography
Djamgoz was born in Nicosia, Cyprus to a Turkish Cypriot family.{{cite web|title=KANSERE 'DUR' DEDİ
|url=http://www.starkibris.net/index.asp?haberID=78799|first=Mihrişah|last=Safa|work=Star Kibris|date=12 December 2010|accessdate=25 February 2011}} He emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1970 for his studies. Djamgoz studied at the Imperial College London, where he became a Professor of Neurobiology, and then Professor of Cancer Biology. His scientific consultancies and granting agencies include the Medical Research Council (UK) and the Wellcome Trust.{{cite web|author=College of Medicine|title=Professor Mustafa Djamgoz|url=http://www.collegeofmedicine.eu/professor-mustafa-djamgoz|accessdate=25 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720154540/http://www.collegeofmedicine.eu/professor-mustafa-djamgoz|archivedate=20 July 2011}}{{cite web|author=Breast Cancer Care|title=Our trustees:Professor Mustafa Djamgoz|url=http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/our-trustees/|accessdate=25 February 2011}} In 2002, Djamgoz established the Pro Cancer Research Fund as a registered charity which runs the Amber Care Centre, which is a drop-in centre for people affected by cancer.{{cite web|author=Imperial College London|title=Combating Cancer|url=http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/reporter/2010/07/28/combatting-cancer/|date=28 July 2010|accessdate=25 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719232259/http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/reporter/2010/07/28/combatting-cancer/|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
Awards and honours
- The Huxley Memorial Medal
- The Japanese Government Research Award for Foreign Specialist
- The Freedom of the City of London
Publications
References
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External links
- [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.djamgoz Imperial College London: Professor Mustafa Djamgoz]
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Category:British people of Turkish Cypriot descent
Category:Academics of Imperial College London
Category:Türk Maarif Koleji alumni
Category:Turkish Cypriot emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:British medical researchers
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