Leroy Hood
Leroy Edward Hood (born October 10, 1938 in Missoula , Montana ) is an American physician and biologist .
His merits lie in particular in his work on the automation of DNA sequencing (see sequencing machine ) and on the variety of possible antibodies of an individual through recombination of genetic information (see V (D) J recombination ).
Life
Hood earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California in 1960 . In 1964 he completed his studies in medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore , Maryland , with the MD from. In 1968 Hood earned a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. in biochemistry .
In 1975 Hood received a professorship for biology at Caltech, in 1980 he took over the management of the local department of biology and in 1981 also that of the local Cancer Center . In 1989, Hood became director of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Molecular Biotechnology at the National Science Foundation (NSF), which is jointly operated by Caltech and the University of Washington . In 1992 Hood took over a professorship at the University of Washington in Seattle and headed the Department of Molecular Biotechnology there . Hood has headed the Institute for Systems Biology since 1999 .
Since 2019 the media group Clarivate has counted him among the favorites for a Nobel Prize ( Clarivate Citation Laureates ).
Awards (selection)
- 1982 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 1982 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1987 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
- 1988 Dickson Prize in Medicine
- 2000 membership in the American Philosophical Society
- 2002 Kyoto Prize
- 2004 Biotechnology Heritage Award
- 2006 Heinz Award in Technology, the Economy and Employment
- In 2007, inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
- 2010 Kistler Prize
- 2011 Russ Prize
- 2011 National Medal of Science
- 2017 NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
- 2019 IRI Medal
Fonts (selection)
- New Protein Sequenator with Increased Sensitivity. In: Science . Volume 207, 1980, p. 523 (with MW Hunkapiller )
- A Microchemical Facility for the Analysis and Synthesis of Genes and Proteins. In: Nature . Volume 310, 1984, p. 105 (with MW Hunkapiller et al.)
- Fluorescence Detection in Automated DNA Sequence Analysis. In: Nature. Volume 321, 1986, p. 674 (with LM Smith et al.)
- A New Strategy for Genome Sequencing. In: Nature. Volume 381, 1996, p. 364 (with JC Venter et al.)
Web links
- Dr. Leroy Hood - Profile at the Institute for Systems Biology (systemsbiology.org); accessed on January 24, 2016
- Autobiographical notes (PDF, 59 kB, English) on the occasion of the awarding of the Kyoto Prize at inamori-f.or.jp; accessed on January 24, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hood, Leroy E. at nasonline.org; Retrieved December 22, 2010
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter H. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
- ^ Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award 1987 Winners at laskerfoundation.org; Retrieved December 22, 2010
- ^ Dickson Prize in Medicine Winners at dicksonprize.pitt.edu; Retrieved December 22, 2010
- ^ Member History: Leroy Hood. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 3, 2018 (English, with a short biography).
- ↑ Leroy Edward Hood at kyotoprize.org; accessed on April 25, 2019.
- ↑ Leroy Hood at heinzawards.net; Retrieved December 22, 2010
- ↑ Leroy Edward Hood. In: invent.org. National Inventors Hall of Fame, accessed September 17, 2019 .
- ^ Recipients of the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hood, Leroy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hood, Leroy E .; Hood, Leroy Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Missoula , Montana |