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While studying fertilized sea urchin eggs in the early 1980s, Hunt discovered cyclin, a protein that cyclically aggregates and is depleted during cell division cycles.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"19 February 1943","date":"1943-02-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Neston","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925760"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"biochemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2919046"},{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"microbiologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3779582"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Clare College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q760967"},{"text":"Dragon School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610999"},{"text":"Magdalen College School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6729834"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Mary Collins","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20084124"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P26"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80061","date":"2001"},{"text":"Royal Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746756","date":"2006"},{"text":"Sir Hans Krebs Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23055166","date":"2008"},{"text":"Croonian Medal and Lecture","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192912","date":"2003"},{"text":"Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24081923","date":"2006"},{"text":"doctor honoris causa of Keiō University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60658956"},{"text":"Knight Bachelor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833163"},{"text":"Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442484","date":"2005"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hunt","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309977"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Tim Hunt born?","a":"Tim Hunt was born on 19 February 1943 in Neston."},{"q":"Where did Tim Hunt study?","a":"Tim Hunt was educated at Clare College, Dragon School, Magdalen College School."}],"related":[{"name":"Aaron Klug","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/aaron-klug"},{"name":"Alan Hodgkin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alan-hodgkin"},{"name":"Andre Geim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andre-geim"},{"name":"Andrew Huxley","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-huxley"},{"name":"Antony Hewish","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/antony-hewish"},{"name":"Archer Martin","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/archer-martin"},{"name":"Arthur Harden","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arthur-harden"},{"name":"Brian Josephson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/brian-josephson"},{"name":"C. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Tim hunt.jpg — Machmit ( Machmit ), CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Tim Hunt\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/tim-hunt. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T07:01:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/tim-hunt","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/tim-hunt","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/tim-hunt?lang=ne"}}