Peter Howley
Peter Maxwell Howley (born October 9, 1946 in New Brunswick , New Jersey ) is an American pathologist and virologist at Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts .
Life
Howley earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Princeton University in Princeton , New Jersey in 1968 and a Master of Medical Science (MMS) degree from Rutgers University , New Jersey in 1970 . In 1972 he earned an MD from Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts . 1972/1973 Howley worked as an assistant physician in pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston , Massachusetts, before moving to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda , Maryland as a research assistant . From 1976 Howley worked as a pathologist at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the NIH in Bethesda. In 1977 he became a specialist in pathology. From 1979 he was head of the laboratory for viral oncology and molecular pathology at the NCI. From 1984 to 1993 Howley was director of the Laboratory for Tumor Virus Biology at the same institution before becoming a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School . He was President of the American Society for Virology from 1998 to 1999 .
Act
Howley is considered a leader in research into papillomaviruses ( Papillomaviridae ). He has genetic maps created these viruses, their transcription patterns analyzed and the systems of transcriptional regulation. Howley was able to identify oncogenes of the papillomavirus and identify the mechanisms of their damaging effects. His work is considered fundamental to understanding the pathogenesis of papilloma viruses at the molecular level .
Howley has been co-editor of Fields' Virology , a standard work in virology , which was published in 2006 in its fifth edition, since the third edition .
Awards (selection)
- 1993 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1994 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
- 1996 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Web links
- Peter M. Howley, MDMMS and Profile at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Harvard University (dfhcc.harvard.edu); Retrieved July 19, 2011
- Peter Howley at Harvard Medical School (hms.harvard.edu); accessed on February 8, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Documentation of a curriculum vitae at tobaccodocuments.org ( Memento from August 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Center for the Study of Hepatitis C. (No longer available online.) In: hepccenter.org. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014 ; accessed on February 7, 2016 (English).
- ^ Goethe University - laureate since 1952. In: uni-frankfurt.de. March 14, 2016, accessed January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter H. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howley, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howley, Peter M .; Howley, Peter Maxwell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pathologist and virologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Brunswick , New Jersey |