Jeremy Brockes


Jeremy Patrick Brockes FRS is a British biochemist who worked as an MRC Research Professor at University College London until 2016.

Early life and education

Brockes was born in Haslemere, Surrey. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in molecular biology from University of Edinburgh, where he studied in the laboratory of the late Kenneth Murray and Noreen Murray. He did post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School and University College London, where he worked under Martin Raff.

Career

After completing postgraduate work, Brockes conducted research at California Institute of Technology, King's College London and University College London. He studied cellular interactions in the mammalian peripheral nervous system, and the mechanisms underlying limb regeneration in salamanders.
He plays chess as a FIDE-rated player.

Personal life

He is the uncle of award-winning journalist and author Emma Brockes.

Works

1985 Scientific Medal, Zoological Society of London.
2008 Newcomb Cleveland Prize, .