Jeffrey M. Friedman
Jeffrey Michael Friedman (born July 20, 1954 in Orlando , Florida ) is an American molecular geneticist and professor at Rockefeller University in New York City .
Friedman studied medicine at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with an MD from Albany Medical College at Union University in Albany , New York, at the age of 22 . He initially worked as a doctor in internal medicine at Albany Medical Center Hospital .
After a one year research assistant with Mary Jeanne Kreek at Rockefeller University in New York City , Friedman switched to research. In 1986 he earned a Ph.D. from James E. Darnell at Rockefeller University. and in the same year became both junior professor and researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute . His dissertation was entitled The regulation of gene expression is an integral element in the development of a multicellular organism from the totipotential fertilized egg . Friedman has been a full professor at Rockefeller University since 1995.
Building on the work of Douglas Coleman , Friedman discovered the fat cell hormone leptin (a polypeptide ) in 1994 and subsequently described its effects on metabolism and its role in regulating appetite and food consumption, body weight and body fat percentage.
Awards (selection)
- 1996 Heinrich Wieland Prize
- 2000 Rolf Luft Award
- 2001 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Passano Award
- 2005 Gairdner Foundation International Award (together with Douglas Coleman et al.)
- 2005 membership in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Danone International Prize for Nutrition
- 2007 Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
- 2009 Shaw Prize (together with Douglas Coleman)
- 2009 Keio Medical Science Prize
- 2010 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (together with Douglas Coleman)
- 2011 Pasarow Award
- 2012 Endocrine Regulation Prize
- 2012 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
- 2013 König Faisal Prize for Medicine (together with Douglas Coleman)
- 2013 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2014 Zülch Prize
- 2016 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
- 2016 Manpei Suzuki International Prize for Diabetes Research
- 2018 membership in the Royal Society
- 2019 Wolf Prize for Medicine.
- 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Web links
- Heads of Laboratories. Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, Ph.D. at rockefeller.edu; Retrieved December 4, 2010
- Karen Hopkin: Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, Ph.D. at hhmi.org; Retrieved December 4, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD, Ph.D. at hhmi.org; Retrieved December 4, 2010
- ↑ 1990 - 1999 - Heinrich Wieland Prize - Homepage. In: heinrich-wieland-prize.de. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
- ^ The Passano Awards 1945–2009 at passanofoundation.org; Retrieved December 4, 2010
- ↑ Jeffrey M. Friedman - Gairdner Foundation. In: gairdner.org. Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Professor Jeffrey Friedman, a pioneering researcher in the field of “weight and nutrition”, receives the 2007 Danone International Prize for Nutrition from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de); Retrieved September 16, 2012
- ↑ Jeffrey Friedman, 2007 awardee - Danone Institute. In: danoneinstitute.org. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ The Shaw Prize in shawprize.org; Retrieved December 4, 2010
- ↑ Douglas Coleman and Jeffrey M. Friedman at laskerfoundation.org; Retrieved December 4, 2010
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter F. (PDF; 815 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved April 17, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.manpeisuzukiprize.org/winners/2016.html
- ↑ Wolf Prize 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedman, Jeffrey M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedman, Jeffrey Michael (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American molecular geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orlando , Florida |