Alick Isaacs [SEP] occupation
Alick Isaacs
Alick Isaacs FRS (17 July 1921 – 26 January 1967) was a British (Scottish) virologist, who is best known for his 1957 co-discovery of interferon with Swiss virologist Jean Lindenmann. He served as the head of the Laboratory for Research on Interferon at the National Institute for Medical Research in 1964–1967. Joyce Taylor-Papadimitriou worked as an early career researcher in his laboratory. A collection of his laboratory notes is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
Family and early
- Alick Buchanan-Smith (politician) (1932–1991), British politician
- Alick Davison (1886–1945), Australian rules footballer
- Alick Downer (1910–1981), Australian politician and diplomat
- Alick Foord-Kelcey (1913–1973), British Royal Air Force officer
- Alick Glennie (1925–2003), British computer scientist
- Alick Grant (1916–2008), English footballer
- Alick Handford (1869–1935), English cricketer
- Alick Horsnell (1881–1916), English architect
- Alick Isaacs (1921–1967