{{short description|Canadian biologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = {{plainlist| *Albert Einstein College of Medicine * Weizmann Institute * Columbia University }} | education = BSc McGill University, Canada PhD McGill University, Canada Honorary Doctor of Sciences McGill University, Canada | alma_mater = {{plainlist| * McGill University * }} | known_for = The characterization of p53, an important tumour suppressor protein frequently mutated in cancer. | awards = NIH MERIT Award (1996) Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in Science, National Cancer Institute (2009)
Paul Janssen Prize in Biotechnology and Medicine (2010) AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship (2011) | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | children = }} '''Professor Carol L. Prives''' FRS is the Da Costa Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia University.<ref name="aacrcanada.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.aacrcanada.ca/Pages/Carol-Prives-Bio.aspx|title=Carol L. Prives, PhD - AACR International|website=www.aacrcanada.ca|access-date=2016-12-22|archive-date=2016-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223131606/http://www.aacrcanada.ca/Pages/Carol-Prives-Bio.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is known for her work in the characterisation of p53, an important tumor suppressor protein frequently mutated in cancer.
Professor Prives is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences (elected in 2008).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasonline.org/directory-entry/carol-l-prives-wemmi4/ |title=Carol L. Prives |website=nasonline.org |access-date=2025-05-04}}</ref>
== Education == Prives was educated in Canada, received her BSc and PhD<ref>{{Cite web|last=Prives|first=Carole|others=C. (Supervisor) Sung|title=The biosynthesis of nucleotides and nucleic acis in Ehrlich ascites cells and the effect of colchicine thereon.|url=https://escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses/8049g834t|access-date=2020-08-16|website=escholarship.mcgill.ca}}</ref> in 1966<ref name="aacr" /> from McGill University, undertaking research in the lab of Juda Hirsch Quastel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=9778640&privcapId=121265|title=Carol L. Prives Ph.D.: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg |website=www.bloomberg.com|date=28 September 2023 }}</ref> She pursued postdoctoral fellowships at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Weizmann Institute under the mentorship of Professor Michel Revel. after which she became a faculty member at the Weizmann Institute.<ref name="aacrcanada.ca" /> She received an honorary Doctor of Sciences degree from McGill University, her alma mater, on 29 May 2014 for her contributions to the understanding of p53.<ref>{{Cite web|title=14 individuals to receive honorary degree from McGill|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/14-individuals-receive-honorary-degree-mcgill-235514|access-date=2020-08-16|publisher=McGill University|work=McGill Newsroom: Institutional Communications|date=29 April 2014|language=en}}</ref>
== Research and career == In 1995, she was appointed as the Da Costa Professor of Biology at Columbia University.<ref name=aacr/> She was the chair of the Department of Biological Sciences from 2000 to 2004.<ref name=weiz/>
Her early interest in the SV40 DNA tumour virus as a model for eukaryotic gene expression and oncogenic transformation led her to the study of p53.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carol Prives|url=https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20011492.html|access-date=2020-08-16|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> Since the late 1980s, her lab has focused on the p53 tumour suppressor gene, one of the most frequently mutated in human cancers.
Prives has served as chair of the Experimental Virology and the Cell and Molecular Pathology study sections of the National Institutes of Health. She has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Massachusetts General Cancer Center, the National Cancer Institute,<ref name="aacrcanada.ca" /> and the Weizmann Institute.<ref name="weiz">{{cite web |title=Prof. Carol Prives {{!}} International Board 2018 |url=https://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/InternationalBoard2018/prof-carol-prives |website=www.weizmann.ac.il |accessdate=3 May 2019}}</ref> She was a member of the board of directors of the American Association for Cancer Research from 2004 to 2007. She also served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2010.
She is a member of the editorial boards of ''Cell'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cell.com/cell/editorial-board|title = Editorial board: Cell}}</ref> ''Oncogene''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/onc/editors/editorial-board|title=Editorial Board - Oncogene|website=www.nature.com}}</ref> and the ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences''.<ref>{{cite web |title=PNAS Member Editor Details |url=https://nrc88.nas.edu/pnas_search/memberDetails.aspx?ctID=20011492 |website=nrc88.nas.edu |accessdate=3 May 2019}}</ref>
== Awards == * 1996 NIH MERIT Award * 2000 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * 2001 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology * 2005 Elected Member, Institute of Medicine * 2008 Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20011492.html|title=Carol Prives|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> * 2009 Rosalind E. Franklin Award for Women in Science,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-06|title=Past Winners of the NCI Rosalind E. Franklin Award - National Cancer Institute|url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/fellowship-training/training-resources-for-fellows-and-staff/rosalind-franklin-award|access-date=2020-08-16|website=dceg.cancer.gov|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> National Cancer Institute * 2010 Paul Janssen Prize in Biotechnology and Medicine, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine * 2011 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Memorial Lectureship<ref name=aacr>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacr.org:80/Membership/Pages/FellowDetailsNoModal.aspx?ItemID=154|title=Carol L. Prives, PhD|publisher=}}</ref> * 2015 Elected Fellow, AACR Academy<ref name=aacr/> * 2020 Elected Fellow, The Royal Society<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/Carol-Prives-25386/|title=Carol Prives FRS, Royal Society}}</ref> * 2021 Recipient of AACR-G.H.A. Clowes Award for Outstanding Basic Cancer Research
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