Alick isaacs biography of michaels

Alick IsaacsFRS^[1] (17 July 1921 – 26 January 1967) was a Scottish virologist.

Background and early life

Isaacs's Jewish paternal grandparents came from Lithuania to escape oppression, and took the surname Isaacs.

Alick's father Louis was born in 1890. His parents moved to Wigan and then to the Gorbals area of Glasgow^[2] where Isaacs was born.^[3]

Professional life

Isaacs earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Glasgow in 1954.^[4]

In 1957 he co-discovered interferon with Swiss virologist Jean Lindenmann.^[5] He served as the head of the Laboratory for Research on Interferon at the National Institute for Medical Research in 1964–1967.^[6]Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou worked as an early career researcher in his laboratory.^[7]

Awards, death and legacy

Isaacs was awarded honours and the Bellahouston Gold Medal for his research on the influenza virus.^[1] He was el