Michael Grunstein

Michael Grunstein (* 1946 in Romania ) is a Romanian -American biochemist and professor at the University of California in Los Angeles , California (UCLA).

Life

Grunstein earned a bachelor's degree from McGill University in Montreal , Canada and a Ph.D. at the University of Edinburgh in the UK . He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University in Stanford , California . In 1975 he went to the University of California in Los Angeles , California (UCLA).

Act

Grunstein invented the colony hybridization screening technique of recombinant DNAs as a postdoctoral fellow in David Hogness' laboratory . At UCLA he did fundamental work on the genetic analysis of histones in yeasts . He was able to show for the first time that histones regulate gene activity . His achievements include the evidence that histones and histone acetylation the transcription regulate and the deciphering of the histone code .

Awards (selection)

2001 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2003 Massry Prize
2008 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
2011 Rosenstiel Award
2016 Gruber Prize for Genetics
2018 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research

literature

Jenny Ruth Morber: Profile of Michael Grunstein. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume 108, No. 46, 2011, pp. 18597-18599, doi: 10.1073 / pnas.1116909108

Web links

Grunstein Lab and Profile at the University of California, Los Angeles (ucla.edu); accessed on February 2, 2016

Individual evidence

↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter G. (PDF; 931 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 1, 2019 .
↑ Massry Prize Winners (1996 – Present) at usc.edu; accessed on May 1, 2019.
^ Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Grunstein, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian-American biochemist
DATE OF BIRTH	1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Romania

[1] Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter G. (PDF; 931 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 1, 2019 .

[2] Massry Prize Winners (1996 – Present) at usc.edu; accessed on May 1, 2019.

[3] Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .