Charles J. Epstein
Charles Joseph Epstein (born September 3, 1933 in Philadelphia , † February 15, 2011 in Tiburon , California ) was an American geneticist and professor at the University of California , San Francisco and on the Board of Directors of the Buck Institute for Age Research. He was the recipient and the victim of a letter bomb the Unabomber .
Life
Epstein was born in Philadelphia in 1933 to Jacob and Frieda Epstein. He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1955 in chemistry. There he met his wife Lois Barth, whom he married in 1956. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959, magna cum laude . He then went to Professor Arno Motulsky at the University of Washington and the National Institutes of Health . In 1967, Epstein moved to San Francisco and began working at the University of California at San Francisco as director of the medical genetics department. He was appointed Professor of Biochemistry and Pediatrics in 1972 and Director of UCSF's Human Genetics Program in 1997.
He and his wife Lois had four children: David, Paul, Jonathan and Joanna.
On June 22, 1993 he received a letter bomb at his home address, his daughter took the mail, handed it to her father and left the room. The letter bomb seriously injured him and almost killed him. As a result of the attack, he partially lost his hearing, parts of several fingers on his right hand, the nerves in the right arm were damaged and were restored by transplants. Fragments of the bomb remained in his body.
In 2011 he died of pancreatic cancer .
Create
- He was a leading scientist in the field of genetics. According to him that was Epstein syndrome named.
- He introduced gene screening to clinics in California.
- 2001 William Allan Award Winner
- In 1996 he was President of the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG).
- 1987–1993 Editor-in-Chief The American Journal of Human Genetics ( AJHG )
- In 2004, Epstein was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
- In 2010 he received the McKusick Leadership Award.
Works
Epstein has published or was co-editor of 500 books and essays.
Web links
- Condolence website for Charles J. Epstein
Individual evidence
- ^ Margalit Fox: Charles Epstein, Leading Medical Geneticist Injured by Unabomber, Dies at 77 . In: The New York Times . February 23, 2011, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 6, 2020]).
- ^ John C. Carey, Mahin Golabi, Julie R. Korenberg: In memoriam: Charles J. Epstein . In: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A . tape 155 , no. 7 , 2011, ISSN 1552-4833 , p. 1509-1510 , doi : 10.1002 / ajmg.a.34126 .
- ↑ a b c d e Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, Neil Risch, Arno Motulsky: Charles Joseph Epstein, MD, 1933–2011, In Memoriam . In: American Journal of Human Genetics . tape 88 , no. 6 , June 10, 2011, ISSN 0002-9297 , p. 684-688 , PMID 21805720 , PMC 3113342 (free full text).
- ↑ CNN - To one of his victims, Kaczynski is 'personification of evil' - January 23, 1998. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .
- ^ Charles J. Epstein: From Down Syndrome to the "Human" in "Human Genetics" . In: American Journal of Human Genetics . tape 70 , no. 2 , December 2001, ISSN 0002-9297 , p. 300-313 , PMID 11791206 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter E. (PDF; 477 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Accessed March 7, 2020 (English).
- ^ Charles J. Epstein - Google Search. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Epstein, Charles J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Epstein, Charles Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 2011 |
| Place of death | Tiburon |