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Sir Stephen P. Jackson, PhD

Sir Stephen P. Jackson, PhD

University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Class of 2026

For revered contributions to defining cellular DNA damage responses (DDR), including the discovery of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) and the core machinery of non-homologous end joining as well as for elucidating how ATM and ATR kinases and key post-translational modifications preserve genome stability, work which has since led to the development of DDR inhibitors for patient care.

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