Richard Hynes
Richard Hynes | |
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| Born | Richard Olding Hynes 29 November 1944 Nairobi, Colony and Protectorate of Kenya |
| Died | 6 January 2026 (aged 81) |
| Citizenship | American British |
| Education | University of Cambridge (BA, MA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Known for | Cell adhesion research Discovery of fibronectin |
| Awards | Canada Gairdner International Award E.B. Wilson Medal Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Broad Institute |
| Thesis | Regulation of gene expression during early cleavage in sea urchin embryos (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul R. Gross |
| Doctoral students | Denisa Wagner |
Richard Olding Hynes FRS (29 November 1944 – 6 January 2026) was a British biologist, who was 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 (MIT). His research focused on cell adhesion and the interactions between cells and the extracellular matrix, with a particular interest in understanding molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis. Hynes is regarded as a co-discoverer of fibronectin molecules, a discovery that has been listed by Thomson Scientific ScienceWatch as a Nobel Prize candidate.