Stuart Kornfeld
Stuart Arthur Kornfeld (born October 4, 1936 in St. Louis ) is an American hematologist at Washington University in St. Louis .
Live and act
Kornfeld earned a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover , New Hampshire in 1958 and an MD from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis , Missouri in 1962 . Kornfeld initially worked as an assistant doctor at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, interrupted by a position as a research assistant at the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases (now the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases ), a facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) . Kornfeld has been a member of the teaching staff at the Washington University School of Medicine since 1966, where he held numerous academic positions, most recently as professor of internal medicine.
Kornfeld is married and has three children.
Kornfeld and co-workers made important contributions to the explanation of how enzymes get to their destination (especially the lysosomes ) within a cell . There are also important findings on the pathogenesis of lysosomal storage diseases .
Awards (selection)
- 1982 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1988 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1991 Passano Award
- 2010 George M. Kober Medal from the Association of American Physicians
- 2010 EB Wilson Medal
Web links
- Stuart Kornfeld, MD and biography at Washington University in St. Louis (wustl.edu); accessed on February 13, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 207 kB) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); Retrieved May 6, 2012
- ^ Passano Awards 1945–2011 at the Passano Foundation (passanofoundation.org); Retrieved May 6, 2012
- ↑ Ajit Varki: Introduction of Stuart Kornfeld. In: Journal of Clinical Investigation 2010; 120 (7): 2635-2638. doi: 10.1172 / JCI43804
- ↑ EB Wilson Medal at the American Society for Cell Biology (ascb.org); Retrieved May 6, 2012
- ↑ Kornfeld awarded EB Wilson Medal at Washington University in St. Louis (wustl.edu); Retrieved May 6, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kornfeld, Stuart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kornfeld, Stuart A .; Kornfeld, Stuart Arthur (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hematologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |