Michael W. Young

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Michael Young (2014)

Michael Warren Young (born March 28, 1949 in Miami , Florida ) is an American chronobiologist and professor at Rockefeller University in New York City . In 2017 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash .

Life

Young grew up in Miami and the Miami area. As a child he was interested in biological phenomena of circadian rhythms - exotic flowers that open at night and birds and insects that biological clocks in the spatial orientation take to help. Young graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1971 and obtained a Ph.D. from Burke Judd there in 1975. in genetics . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with David S. Hogness at the Stanford School of Medicine , where he investigated transposable DNA elements using molecular genetic methods . In 1978 he became an assistant professor at Rockefeller University in New York City , an associate professor there in 1984 and a full professor in 1988. Today (as of 2017) Young is still working as a professor at Rockefeller University and there also Vice President for Academic Affairs .

Act

Young is a pioneer in the study of molecular biology and the genetics of biological rhythms and researches the relationship between genes and behavior . His group succeeded in identifying numerous genes and proteins that are involved in the circadian rhythm in Drosophila melanogaster , including period , timeless , double-time , clock , cycle and shaggy . As a mechanism was negative feedback of the transcription proposed. The principles can be transferred to higher organisms and mammals. Young's recent work deals with molecular disturbances of the biological clock that lead to sleep disorders. The Chronotherapy considered as potential application of research results in humans. From 1987 to 1996 he also conducted research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

Awards (selection)

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Livestream via nobelprize.org (accessed on October 2, 2017).
  2. ↑ a b Michael W. Young Biography at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved October 1, 2011
  3. ↑ Michael W. Young - Our Scientists . In: Our Scientists . ( rockefeller.edu [accessed October 2, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Wichael W. Young - Laureate Profile at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved October 1, 2011
  5. ^ Heads of Laboratories: Michael W. Young, Ph.D. at Rockefeller University (rockefeller.edu); Retrieved October 1, 2011
  6. ↑ 2009 Gruber Neuroscience Prize at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved October 1, 2011
  7. ^ Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize - 2011 at Columbia University (columbia.edu); Retrieved October 1, 2011
  8. ↑ Michael W. Young PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); Retrieved August 7, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Young, Michael W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Young, Mike; Young, Michael Warren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chronobiologist and professor at Rockefeller University
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami , Florida