Robert H. Waterston
Robert Hugh Waterston (born September 17, 1943 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American geneticist and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle , Washington .
Life
Waterston earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in Princeton , New Jersey in 1965 , and both an MD and Ph.D. in 1972. at the University of Chicago in Chicago , Illinois . As a postdoctoral fellow , he worked with Sydney Brenner at the Medical Research Council (MRC) for Molecular Biology in Cambridge , England . In 1976, Waterston became a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis , Missouri . When he returned to the MRC in 1985, he worked with John Sulston . In 2003, Waterston moved to the University of Washington in Seattle , Washington and is today (as of 2011) Professor of Genetics in the department of the same name.
Act
Waterston led the genome sequencing project of the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans - the first multicellular organism whose genome was sequenced. Waterston also made important contributions to human genome sequencing ( Human Genome Project ), advocating public access to genomic information. He is considered a pioneer in the genetic analysis of muscles .
Awards (selection)
- 1985 Guggenheim scholarship
- 2000 George W. Beadle Award from the Genetics Society of America with John E. Sulston
- 2000 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
- 2001 membership in the Institute of Medicine
- 2002 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize with John E. Sulston
- 2002 Gairdner Foundation International Award
- 2002 Dan David Prize
- 2004 membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2005 Gruber Prize for Genetics
literature
- Who's Who in America. 66th Edition, Volume 2: M – Z. Marquis Who's Who, Berkeley Heights 2011, ISBN 978-0-8379-7032-5 (Volume 2), ISBN 978-0-8379-7035-6 (Complete Works ), ISSN 0083-9396 , p. 4672
Web links
- Robert Waterston at the University of Washington (washington.edu); Retrieved February 10, 2011
- Waterston Lab at washington.edu; Retrieved February 10, 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Waterston at howstuffworks.com; Retrieved February 11, 2011
- ↑ Robert H. Waterston at gf.org; accessed on January 31, 2016
- ^ Past GSA Award Recipients at genetics-gsa.org; Retrieved February 10, 2011
- ^ Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize; Prize Winners 1990–2002 ( memo from November 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive ); Retrieved February 9, 2011
- ^ Robert Hugh Waterston MD, PhD at the Gairdner Foundation (gairdner.org); accessed on May 5, 2019.
- ^ Robert H. Waterston; Laureates 2002 at dandavidprize.org; accessed on January 31, 2015
- ^ Robert Hugh Waterston, 2005 Gruber Genetics Prize at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved February 9, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waterston, Robert H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waterston, Robert Hugh; Waterston, Robert; Waterston, Bob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geneticist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan |