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David Schlessinger, Ph.D., Senior Investigator Chief, Human Genetics Section and Chief, Laboratory of Genetics E-mail: schlessingerd@mail.nih.gov Bibliography |
Field of Specialization: | Molecular Physiology and Human Genetics |
Education: |
University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill | B.A. 1955 |
University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill | B.S. 1957 Chemistry |
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass | Ph.D. 1960 Biochemistry |
Chronology of Employment: |
Chief, Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, NIH | 1997-Present |
Director, Center for Genetics in Medicine, Wash. Univ. Sch. of Med. | 1987-1997 |
Professor of Genetics, Wash. Univ. Sch. of Med. | 1987-1997 |
Director, RIKEN - Washington University Exchange Program, St. Louis | 1987-1993 |
Professor of Microbiology in Medicine, Wash. Univ. Sch. of Med. | 1980-1997 |
Professor, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology, Wash. Univ. Sch. of Med. | 1972-1997 |
Adjunct Professor of Genetics and Molecular Microbiology, ibid. | 1997-Present |
Other Professional Experience: |
Visiting Scientist and Macy Fellow, International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy | 1980-1981 |
Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, Missouri | 1968-1972 |
Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, Missouri | 1963-1968 |
Instructor, Washington University School of Medicine Department of Molecular Microbiology, St. Louis, Missouri | 1962-1963 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation, Pasteur Institite, Paris, France | 1960-1962 |
Predoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1957-1960 |
Honors: |
Chairman, International Advisory Committee, GDB | 1995-1999 |
President/Past President, American Society for Microbiology | July 94-June 96 |
M.D., Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala | 1994 |
Council for Research and Clinical Investigation, American Cancer Society | 1993-Present |
National Board of Medical Examiners, Microbiology | 1990-1992 |
Chairman, American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel | 1989-1991 |
Josiah Macy Foundation Fellow | 1980-1981 |
Member - NIH Graduate Fellowship Panel | 1979-1983 |
Editorial Board, Microbiological Reviews | 1975-1988 |
President's Biomedical Panel, Microbiology-Immunology-Virology Cluster | 1975 |
Eli Lilly Award | 1969 |
RCDA Award | 1967-1972 |
Professional Activities: |
Member, Museum of Boston Aging Exhibit Advisory Council | 1998- |
Council Member, The Human Genome Organization (HUGO) | 1997- |
Editor, Genomics | 1996- |
Editor, GENE | 1996- |
Member, Cancer Center | 1996- |
Organizer, X Chromosome Workshop | 1993 |
Organizer, EMBO YAC Courses and Japan YAC Course | 1990-1993 |
Co-organizer for the J.D. Watson Celebration at Cold Spring Harbor, and the Jubilee Symposium, IIGB, Naples | 1988 |
Member, Human Genome Initiative: Reston Ad Hoc Advisory Group: Information Handling Workshop | 1988 |
Member, Special Study Section, NIH Complex Genomes, Site Visits for NIH | 1988 |
Member, American Cancer Society Personnel Committee | 1986-1991 |
Divisional Group Councilor, Amer. Soc. Microbiol. | 1986-1988 |
Chairman, Molecular Biology Division, Amer. Soc. Microbiol. | 1984-1985 |
American Editor of "Aspects of Microbiology", a series published by the American Society for Microbiology and Van Nostrand Publishers | 1982-1990 |
American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel, Chairman | 1980-1981 |
Editorial Board, Microbiological Reviews | 1975-1987 |
American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel | 1975-1982 |
Editor-in-chief, "Microbiology", ASM Annual Volumes | 1974-1986 |
Editor, Genetics | 1969-1983 |
Editor, J. Bacteriology | 1969-1976 |
Society Memberships: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) |
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) |
Genetics Society of America (GSA) |
European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) |
Sigma Xi |
Research Interests: |
Analysis of the human X chromosome using yeast artificial chromosomes |
Structure of nucleoli |
Pathophysiology of X-linked diseases in human development and aging |
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