Elliot Meyerowitz
Elliot Martin Meyerowitz (born May 22, 1951 in Washington, DC ) is an American developmental biologist and geneticist .
Life
Meyerowitz earned his bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1973 and his master's degree from Yale University in 1975 , where he received his PhD in 1977. As a post-doctoral student , he was at the School of Medicine at Stanford University . In 1980 he became an Assistant Professor, 1985 Associate Professor and 1989 Professor of Biology at Caltech . From 2002 he was George W. Beadle Professor there and from 2000 to 2010 he headed the biology faculty. From 2013 he also conducted research at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute . In 2011 he became Founding Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory at the University of Cambridge and a Professoral Fellow of Trinity College (on leave from Caltech).
He is a pioneer in the developmental biology of plants, which he studies on the experimental model of the thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), especially the development and pattern formation in the meristem of the shoot tips. He and his group developed computer models to explain the pattern formation in plants and the different gene expression in the meristem, which is only a few hundred cells thick. Hormones (auxin) and mechanical signals play a role, but his group also uncovered the role of new classes of peptide hormones. He also examined the molecular and genetic basis of hormone receptors.
Before working on developmental biology of plants, he dealt with Drosophila as an experimental animal.
He has been married to Joan Kobori since 1984 and has two sons.
Honors and memberships
- 1994 Pelton Award, Botanical Society of America
- 1995 Gibbs Medal, American Society of Plant Physiology
- 1996 Genetics Society of America Medal
- 1997 International Prize for Biology
- 1999 Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences
- 2001 Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale University
- 2005 Ross Harrison Prize from the International Society of Developmental Biologists
- 2006 Balzan Prize
- 2018 Gruber Prize for Genetics
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995), the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1981 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . In 1995/96 he was President of the International Society for Plant Molecular Biology, in 1999 of the Genetics Society of America and in 2005/06 of the Society for Developmental Biology. He is an external member of the Royal Society (2004) and the Académie des sciences .
Fonts
- with Robert E. Pruitt: Arabidopsis thaliana and Plant Molecular Genetics, Science, Volume 229, 1985, pp. 1214-1218
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyerowitz, Elliot |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meyerowitz, Elliot Martin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American developmental biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |