Steven McKnight
Steven Lanier McKnight (* 1949 ) is an American biochemist and molecular biologist . He is best known for his work on the systems that cells and tissues use to respond to a critical supply of oxygen.
Live and act
McKnight earned a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974 with a grade summa cum laude and a PhD , also in biology, from the University of Virginia in 1977 . From 1977 to 1992 he was a research fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington, DC , interrupted from an activity from 1981 to 1983 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle , Washington . From 1988 to 1992 he also conducted research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute . Between 1991 and 1996 he was director of research at Tularik Inc. , which he co-founded and which was sold to Amgen in 2004. McKnight has been Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas since 1996 .
McKnight deals with the regulation of gene expression . In particular, he was able to clarify how the hypoxia-induced factor (HIF) is regulated via the oxygen supply.
Awards (selection)
- 1989 Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award
- 1991 Monsanto Award from the National Academy of Sciences
- 1992 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1992 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2014 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
Web links
- www.mcknightlab.com and curriculum vitae (PDF, as of 2009)
Individual evidence
- ^ Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award Past Laureates ( Memento November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at the American Society for Microbiology (asm.org).
- ^ NAS Award in Molecular Biology from the National Academy of Sciences (nasonline.org); accessed on January 14, 2016
- ↑ Steven L. McKnight at the National Academy of Sciences (nasonline.org); Retrieved February 7, 2014
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter M. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
- ^ The 13th Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded for Advancements in Oxygen Sensing Systems. Wiley-Blackwell (wiley.com); Retrieved February 7, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McKnight, Steven |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McKnight, Steven L .; McKnight, Steven Lanier; McKnight, Steve; MacKnight, Steven L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist and molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |