Raymond L. White
Raymond Leslie White (born October 23, 1943 in Orlando , Florida - † October 2018 ) was an American geneticist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco .
Life
White earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology from the University of Oregon in Eugene , Oregon in 1965 and a Ph.D. in 1971 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge , Massachusetts . , also in microbiology. As a postdoctoral fellow, he worked with David Hogness in the Biochemistry Department at Stanford University Medical School in Stanford , California . He received his first professorship ( Assistant Professor 1975, Associate Professor 1978) in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester , Massachusetts. In 1980 he moved to the Department of Cellular , Viral and Molecular Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City , Utah , as an Associate Professor . From 1980 to 1994 he also did research work for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the same location. In 1985, White became a full professor of human genetics at the University of Utah School of Medicine . From 1994 he also took on managerial positions for the Department of Cancer Research and the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, which he held until 2001. From 2000 to 2002 he was Head of Research for DNA Sciences Inc. in Fremont , California. Since 2002 White has been Director of the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center in Emeryville , California, and since 2003 Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco , California.
Act
White's merit lies in the development of methods for the detection and analysis of variations in the human genome . In particular, he developed DNA markers for retinoblastoma , neurofibromatosis , cystic fibrosis , familial adenomatous polyposis and colorectal carcinoma . He is one of the pioneers of genome mapping .
More recent work deals with the genetics of behavioral disorders , particularly addiction , alcoholism, and alcohol abuse .
Awards (selection)
- 1989 William Allan Award
- 1990 Charles S. Mott Prize (together with Webster K. Cavenee )
- 1992 Rosenstiel Award (together with David Botstein and Ronald W. Davis )
- 1992 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 2005 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Web links
- Raymond White at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center (galloresearch.org) ( Memento from January 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Raymond L. White, Ph.D. at the University of California, San Francisco (ucsf.edu); accessed on February 1, 2016
- Talk with RL White Ph. D. on HISTRECMED website
Individual evidence
- ^ Raymond White. In: San Francisco Chronicle. Legacy.com, accessed October 13, 2018 .
- ^ A b Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Harold M. Schmeck: Momentum builds to map all genes. New York Times August 24, 1988
- ↑ General Motors Cancer Research Awards Laureates 1979–1998 (PDF, 103 kB) at aacrjournals.org; Retrieved March 22, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | White, Raymond L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Raymond Leslie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orlando , Florida |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2018 |