Richard A. Flavell
Professor
Immunobiology
BiomX
Israel
Biography
Dr. Flavell is a Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale University and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Hull and performed postdoctoral work with Piet Borst and Charles Weissmann. Dr. Flavell was also first assistant professor (equivalent) at the University of Amsterdam (1974-79); head of the Laboratory of Gene Structure and Expression at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London (1979-82); and president and chief scientific officer of Biogen Research Corporation (1982-88). Dr. Flavell is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of EMBO, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Flavell was also the founding chairman of Yale’s Department of Immunobiology, has published more than 1,000 peer reviewed papers, and is one of the world’s most cited immunologists.
Research Interest
Immunobiology
