William McGinnis

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William J. McGinnis (* 1952 ) is an American molecular biologist who discovered the Hox genes , which control embryonic development in vertebrates .

Life

McGinnis graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982 with a Ph.D. afterwards he went to the University of Basel as a postdoc . From 1984 to 1995 he was a professor at Yale University , since then he has been at the University of San Diego . In 2010 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2019 to the National Academy of Sciences .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ William McGinnis, Michael Kuziora : The Molecular Architects of Body Design . In: Scientific American . tape 270 , no. 2 , February 1994, p. 58–66 , doi : 10.1038 / scientificamerican0294-58 ( PDF ).
  2. ^ McGinnis Lab Home Page
  3. ↑ Personal website at UC San Diego
personal data
SURNAME McGinnis, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McGinnis, Bill; McGinnis, William J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American molecular biologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952