Please answer the following question: Facts: - known for: work on ras and rho family of small gtpases - fields: cancer cell biology - death date: 08 august 2015 - workplaces: cancer research uk institute of cancer research - awards: fellow of medical sciences member of european molecular biology organisation royal of society buchanan award sterling medal of the university of pennsylvania the cancer research uk life time achievement award royal society fellow of the academy - birth date: 19 january 1949 - name: chris marshall - nationality: british Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of christopher marshall -lrb- doctor -rrb- .
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professor christopher john marshall frs fmedsci -lrb- 19 january 1949 -- 8 august 2015 -rrb- was a british scientist who worked as director of the division for cancer biology at the institute of cancer research .marshall was distinguished for research in the field of tumour cell signalling .his track record includes the discovery of the '' n-ras '' oncogene , the identification of farnesylation of ras proteins , and the discovery that ras signals through the mapk/erk pathway .these findings have led to therapeutic development of inhibitors of ras farnesylation , mek and b-raf .