Ronald W. Davis

Ronald Wayne Davis (born July 17, 1941 ) is an American geneticist and professor of biochemistry and genetics at Stanford University in Stanford , California .

Life

Davis earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry, physics, mathematics, and botany and a Ph.D. from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston , Illinois . in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California . Davis was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in Cambridge , Massachusetts before joining the faculty at Stanford University in Stanford , California. Davis is married with two children.

Act

Davis is considered a leader in the development of biotechnological methods, especially in the development and application of genomics and recombinant DNA in biological systems. Davis developed a series of 5,000 strains of the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae , each of which is missing a single gene . Methods for other model organisms - including humans - were developed. Davis' earlier merits lie in the development of quantitative studies of DNA using electron microscopy and the R-loop technique for mapping coding portions of RNA by electron microscopy .

Since his son became seriously ill, Davis has focused on research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS). He founded the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Center at Stanford University and leads the End ME / CFS Project . Davis is the chairman of the Open Medicine Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board .

Awards (selection)

1976 Eli Lilly and Company Research Award
1981 National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology
1983 membership in the National Academy of Sciences
1992 Rosenstiel Award
1998 Genetics Society of America Medal
2004 Dickson Prize in Medicine
2011 Gruber Prize for Genetics
2013 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize

Web links

Ronald W. Davis at Stanford University (stanford.edu); Retrieved March 5, 2011

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2005 Dickson Prize Winner, Ronald W. Davis, PhD at dicksonprize.pitt.edu; Retrieved March 5, 2011
↑ At symposium, researchers and patients examine molecular basis of chronic fatigue syndrome | Scope blog. Retrieved November 17, 2017 (American English).
^ Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award Past Laureates. (No longer available online.) In: asm.org. January 12, 2016, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 .
^ Past Winners - Rosenstiel Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved January 23, 2016 .
↑ Genetics Laureates at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved June 15, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Davis, Ronald W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Davis, Ron W .; Davis, Ronald Wayne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American geneticist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 17, 1941

[Dickson-1] 2005 Dickson Prize Winner, Ronald W. Davis, PhD at dicksonprize.pitt.edu; Retrieved March 5, 2011

[2] At symposium, researchers and patients examine molecular basis of chronic fatigue syndrome | Scope blog. Retrieved November 17, 2017 (American English).

[3] Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award Past Laureates. (No longer available online.) In: asm.org. January 12, 2016, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 .

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

[5] Genetics Laureates at gruberprizes.org; Retrieved June 15, 2011