William J. Rutter

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William J Rutter (2003)

William J. Rutter (born August 28, 1928 in Malad City , Idaho ) is an American biochemist , molecular biologist, and biotechnology entrepreneur. He has made a contribution to developing the Department of Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco into one of the focal points of the biotechnology cluster in California .

Life

Rutter earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Harvard University in 1949 , a master's degree from the University of Utah in 1950, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1952. with a thesis on galactosemia , also in biochemistry. His dissertation was entitled Some Aspects of Lactose Metabolism . As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with Henry Lardy at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and with Hugo Theorell at the Karolinska Institute for Aldolase .

1955 Rutter received a professorship in chemistry at the University of Illinois , 1963 for biochemistry and genetics at the University of Washington . Rutter was from 1969 professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and in 1981 co-founder and chairman of the Chiron Corporation . In 1982 he resigned from his professorship in order to avoid possible conflicts of interest . From 1983 to 1989 he succeeded Cho Hao Li as head of the Hormone Research Institute of the UCSF, after which he remained there as a research group leader. In 1994 he left the university entirely.

Chiron developed the first recombinant vaccine against hepatitis B , was the first to sequence the HIV virus genome , discovered the hepatitis C virus, and cloned and sequenced it. Chiron also developed quantitative tests to determine the viral load of these viruses. In 1995, Ciba-Geigy acquired 49% of Chiron; in 2005, its successor, Novartis, acquired Chiron entirely. Until 2003, Rutter was on the board of directors of Chiron.

In 1999, Rutter founded Synergenics, LLC , a consortium to support several start-ups in the biotechnology industry.

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Department of Biochemistry and the Molecular Approach to Biomedicine at the University of California, San Francisco: Volume 1. In: content.cdlib.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - William J. Rutter. In: gf.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  3. ^ Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry (PDF, 48 kB) at the Biochemistry Section of the American Chemical Society (divbiolchem.org); accessed on May 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Society for Developmental Biology - SDB Past Presidents. In: sdbonline.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  5. ↑ William Rutter. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF; 1.0 MB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); accessed on May 24, 2017.
  7. ^ The Heinz Awards: William Rutter. In: heinzawards.net. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  8. ^ Past Winners - Gabbay Award - Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center - Brandeis University. In: brandeis.edu. Retrieved May 24, 2017 .
  9. ^ William J. Rutter. In: fi.edu. January 16, 2015, accessed May 24, 2017 .
  10. ^ Biotechnology Heritage Award. In: chemheritage.org. May 10, 2017, accessed May 24, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Chemical Heritage Foundation and BIO give Biotechnology Heritage Award to William Rutter at scienceblog.com, June 2003, accessed May 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Rutter, William J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rutter, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biochemist, molecular biologist, and biotechnology entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Malad City , Idaho