Richard Hynes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Hynes

biologist and molecular biologist from United States of America

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Nairobi, Kenya

Profession: biologist, university teacher, molecular biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Richard Olding Hynes FRS (born 29 November 1944) is a British biologist, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and the Daniel K.
Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His research focuses on cell adhesion and the interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix, with a particular interest in understanding molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis.
He is well known as a co-discoverer of fibronectin molecules, a discovery that has been listed by Thomson Reuters ScienceWatch as a Nobel Prize candidate.