Eric Lander

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Eric Lander at a lecture in 2008

Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American mathematician and biologist .

Life

Lander earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Princeton University in Princeton , New Jersey in 1978 and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Oxford in the UK . In 1981 he received an assistant professorship ( assistant professor , later associate professor ) for managerial economics at Harvard Business School in Cambridge , Massachusetts .

In 1986, Lander also became a member of the Whitehead Institute there and in 1990 moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a professor of biology , where he founded the Whitehead / MIT Center for Human Genome Research , which in turn became the Broad Institute in 2003 as a joint Harvard project University and MIT. Lander also holds a professorship in systems biology at Harvard Medical School .

In 2008 he was named vice chairman of the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology , a division of the Executive Office of the President of the United States . On May 20, 2020, Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences .

Act

Lander has made a decisive contribution to the "revolution in genome research ". With his working group he developed genome maps for mapping genes in the genome and automation techniques for gene analysis . The Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research , which he co-founded and directs, has identified numerous human genes and made the data available to the global scientific community. Lander and his institute played a leading role in the human genome project worldwide .

Awards (selection)

Honorary doctorates following universities: Columbia University , Lund University , University of Massachusetts Lowell , Mount Sinai School of Medicine , Tel Aviv University

Fonts

  • Symmetric designs - an algebraic approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [u. a.] 1983, ISBN 0-521-28693-X
  • Editor with Michael S. Waterman: Calculating the secrets of life. Applications of the mathematical sciences in molecular biology. National Academy Press, Washington, DC 1995, ISBN 0-309-04886-9

Web links

Commons : Eric Lander  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rinunce e nomine, May 25, 2020. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 25, 2020, accessed May 25, 2020 (Italian).
  2. ↑ a b Genome researcher Eric Lander receives Max Delbrück Medal ( memento from January 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at mdc-berlin.de; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  3. ↑ a b Eric S. Lander, AB, DPhil at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved December 14, 2012
  4. ^ Dickson Prize in Medicine Winners at dicksonprize.pitt.edu; Retrieved November 21, 2010
  5. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 8, 2018 .
  6. ^ Key Contributors to the Human Genome Project Awarded Albany Prize. at amc.edu; Retrieved March 1, 2012
  7. ↑ a b Eric Lander. Laureates 2012–2012 Future - Genome Research. at the Dan David Foundation (dandavidprize.org); accessed on January 23, 2016
  8. ^ Roni Oren: Prize Winners - Harvey Prize. In: harveypz.net.technion.ac.il. May 25, 2016, accessed April 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lander, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lander, Eric S .; Lander, Eric Steven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd February 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City