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'''Jamshed R.Tata, FRS''' (1930) is an Indian-born endocrinologist who spent most of his career at the National Institute for Medical Research researching thyroid hormones. His key discovery was that thyroid hormones control [[metamorphosis]] in frogs by regulation the action of genes.<ref name="Tata 2008" />

== Biography ==
Jamshed Rustom Tata is most commonly known as Jamshed R.Tata. He was born 13 April 1930 in Bombay.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Tata, Dr Jamshed Rustom |journal= Who's Who & Who Was Who|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-37024/version/8|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U37024}}</ref>

== Education ==
He was awarded his BSc from Bombay University in 1949, then MSc from the Indian Institute of Science in 1951. He then went to University of Paris and was awarded his PhD in 1954.<ref name="Tata 2008" />

== Scientific career ==
He started his scientific career as a postdoctoral fellowships at Sloan-Kettering Institute between 1954–56 and then moved to [[National Institute for Medical Research|NIMR]] (National Institute for Medical Research, London) in 1956.<ref name="Tata 2008" /> He spent most of his career at NIMR, except tor a two year spell as visiting scientist at the University of Stockholm (1960-1962). He was a staff scientist (1962-1973). In 1973 he became Head of the Division of Developmental Biochemistry and continued in this post till his retirement in 1996. After retirement he continued as a visiting scientist at NIMR till the site closed in 2016. While at NIMR he worked closely with [[Rosalind Pitt-Rivers]] and co-authored a number of books with her.

He was recognised for his work on [[thyroid hormones]], discovering that the hormones act by regulating the activity of genes, rather than controlling metabolism.<ref name="Tata 2008">{{Cite journal|last=Tata|first=Jamshed R.|date=2008-11-07|title=Getting hooked on thyroid hormone action: A semi-autobiographical account|journal=Journal of Biosciences|language=en|volume=33|issue=5|pages=653–667|doi=10.1007/s12038-008-0085-9|pmid=19179753|s2cid=34607598|issn=0250-5991}}</ref> Authoring over 200 papers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scopus.com/results/results.uri?sort=plf-f&src=s&sid=4c677d4864cdf358f2870ab97b17f244&sot=autdocs&sdt=autdocs&sl=18&s=AU-ID(24595323500)&offset=3&origin=recordpage|title=Scopus - Login|website=www.scopus.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-09}}</ref> including a history of developmental biology at NIMR<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tata|first=J. R.|date=2000|title=A brief history of developmental biology at the National Institute for Medical Research|journal=The International Journal of Developmental Biology|volume=44|issue=1|pages=73–77|issn=0214-6282|pmid=10761850}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Colworth Medal]] by the [[Biochemical Society]] in 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biochemist.org/bio/03501/0049/035010049.pdf|title=50 years of the Colworth Medal|last=Biochemical Society|date=2013|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref> He was elected as [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] in 1973<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/jamshed-tata-12388/|title=Fellows Directory: Jamshed Tata|last=|first=|date=|website=Royal Society Directory of Fellows|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref>

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