Howard A. Nash

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Howard Allen Nash (born November 5, 1937 , † June 12, 2011 ) was an American biochemist and geneticist at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda , Maryland .

Nash earned an MD from the University of Chicago as a degree in medicine and in 1963 a Ph.D. with Julian Tobias' thesis Phospholipid membrane model importance of phosphatidyl serine and its cation exchanger nature. in biochemistry. After brief clinical work in paediatrics , Nash worked for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) from 1964 . Among other things, he dealt with the mechanisms of recombination and repair of DNA in bacteriophages . Further work dealt with certain genetic factors of intraoperative alertness .

Howard A. Nash has published more than 60 papers; he has an h-index of 34 (as of August 2018) . He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1988 and of the National Academy of Sciences since 1990 .

Nash was married to Dominie Nash. The couple had two children. Howard Nash died of complications from cancer .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Howard A. Nash: Howard A. Nash - Sci-napse - Academic search engine for paper. In: scinapse.io. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter N. (PDF; 283 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Howard Nash. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved August 3, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Obituary of June 14, 2011 in the Washington Post ; accessed on August 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Nash, Howard A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nash, Howard; Nash, Howard Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biochemist and geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1937
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 2011