Richard Thomas Timms (born 23 August 1986 in

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) is an English

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and

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and former

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er.

Personal life

Richard Timms is married and lives with his wife in Cambridge, UK.

Cricketing

Richard is a right-handed batsman and fast-medium bowler. He attended

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, and was captain of the first XI while there. He made his

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debut in 2002 for

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, playing in the first round of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. He scored 38

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, batting at number eight. He played Second XI cricket for Somerset from 2004 until 2006, but failed to break into the first-team. While at Cambridge University, he played seven first-class matches for the university, including two

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es. He scored two half-centuries in first-class cricket, against

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, and

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Scientific career

Richard Timms completed his PhD in at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research in Cambridge, England where he performed

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to identify functions of genes. In particular, he identified the HUSH complex as a regulator of epigenetic repression. After graduating, he continued in the laboratory of

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, where he characterized N-end and C-end protein degradation pathways. He started his own laboratory at the

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in 2020.

References

External links

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Timms Laboratory Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Timms, Richard Somerset cricketers English cricketers 1984 births Living people Somerset Cricket Board cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Cambridge MCCU cricketers Cricketers from Bristol People educated at Millfield