John Kerr (pathologist)
John Foxton Ross Kerr is an Australian pathologist. He was the first to describe the ultrastructural changes in apoptosis, and could show that they differ significantly from the changes that occur in necrosis, another form of programmed cell death. For the first time, he placed the roles of cell death in normal adult mammals, and in disease, into scientific focus.Biography
Kerr studied at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In 1955, Kerr earned a Bachelor of Science degree, and in 1957, a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. As a medical assistant, he worked at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. In 1964, he earned a PhD at the University of London. Starting in 1965, he taught pathology at the University of Queensland, and was made a professor in 1974. He became a professor emeritus in 1995.Kerr has received numerous awards and honours:
