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'''Alan James Munro''' (born 19 February 1937) is a British [[immunologist]] and [[entrepreneur]] who served as the Master of [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] (1995–2002).

==Early life and education==
Munro was born in [[Madras]], [[India]] to John Bennet Lorimer Munro, [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] and his wife Gladys.<ref name="Sykes" /> He was educated at the [[Edinburgh Academy]] in Scotland.<ref name="Sykes">Sykes P (2002) Tribute to the retiring Master, Dr Alan Munro. ''Christ's College Magazine'' 227: 20–21</ref> He attended the [[University of Cambridge]], specialising in [[biochemistry]]. His PhD in the area of protein synthesis was supervised by [[Asher Korner]] at the Department of Biochemistry (1964).<ref name="Sykes" />

==Career and research==
His early posts were in the Cambridge biochemistry department (1963–68).<ref name="Sykes" /> His collaborators during this period include [[Tim Hunt]].<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2001/hunt-lecture.pdf Hunt T (2001) Protein synthesis, proteolysis, and cell cycle transitions: Nobel lecture]</ref> He joined the [[Medical Research Council (UK)|MRC]] [[Laboratory of Molecular Biology]] in [[Cambridge]] in 1968 to set up a cellular [[immunology]] programme. In 1971, he joined the Immunology Division of the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge. He spent sabbatical years at the [[Salk Institute]], [[La Jolla]], USA (1965–66) and [[University of Leiden]], the Netherlands (1976–77). He became acting head of the Pathology Department in 1987.<ref name="Sykes" />

His research interests during this period included the regulation of the immune response<ref name="Sykes" /> and the generation of therapeutic antibodies. He was instrumental in the early investigation of the Campath series of antibodies, which eventually resulted in the cancer treatment, [[alemtuzumab]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/campath/links.html |title=Cambridge Therapeutic Antibody Links |access-date=21 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619235809/http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~mrc7/campath/links.html |archive-date=19 June 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>Hale G, Bright S, Chumbley G, Hoang T, Metcalf D, Munro AJ, Waldmann H (1983) Removal of T cells from bone marrow for transplantation: a monoclonal antilymphocyte antibody that fixes human complement. ''Blood'' 62:873–882 ({{PMID|6349718}})</ref>

In 1988, Munro spent a sabbatical year working in the [[biotechnology]] company [[Celltech]].<ref name="Sykes" /> He left the university in 1989 to co-found the highly successful [[Cambridge]]-based biotechnology company Immunology Ltd, later renamed Cantab Pharmaceuticals plc (now part of [[Celtic Pharma]]), specialising in [[therapeutic vaccine]]s and [[immunotherapy]], and he acted as its scientific director until 1995.<ref name="Sykes" /> He was also Chairman of [[Lorantis]] Ltd, another Cambridge-based immunology company.

He served as Master of [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] 1995–2002, being particularly active in establishing the college's fundraising campaign for the 2005 quincentenary.<ref name="Sykes" />

As of 2006, Munro chairs the New Agents Committee of [[Cancer Research UK]]<ref>[http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/cdp/team/sab Cancer Research UK Scientific Advisory Board]</ref> and holds non-executive directorships of [[Blackwell Publishing]] Ltd and [[Paradigm Therapeutics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/press/organisation.asp |title=Blackwell Publishing Board of Directors |access-date=21 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612200804/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/press/organisation.asp |archive-date=12 June 2006 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://www.paradigm-therapeutics.co.uk/section.php?form_node_brace=%3C1%3E%3Csubsections%3E%3C1%3E# Paradigm Therapeutics Management]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Mary Robertson in 1960. They have two sons:<ref name="Sykes" /><ref name=Whos_Who>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/U28490 Munro, Dr Alan James, ''Who's Who 2013''] (accessed 16 January 2013) ''(subscription required)''</ref> [[Sean Munro]], [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society|FRS]], is a cell biologist,<ref>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U256393 Munro, Dr (Bruce) Sean, ''Who's Who 2013''] (accessed 16 January 2013) ''(subscription required)''</ref> and Ben Munro a Chief Engineer with Babcock.{{cn|date=March 2018}}

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