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Photo of David Schlessinger, Ph.D. 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, IllB.A. 1955
University of Chicago, Chicago, IllB.S. 1957 Chemistry
Harvard University, Cambridge, MassPh.D. 1960 Biochemistry
Chronology of Employment:
Chief, Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, NIH1997-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. Louis1987-1993
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, GDB1995-1999
President/Past President, American Society for MicrobiologyJuly 94-June 96
M.D., Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala1994
Council for Research and Clinical Investigation, American Cancer Society1993-Present
National Board of Medical Examiners, Microbiology1990-1992
Chairman, American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel1989-1991
Josiah Macy Foundation Fellow1980-1981
Member - NIH Graduate Fellowship Panel1979-1983
Editorial Board, Microbiological Reviews1975-1988
President's Biomedical Panel, Microbiology-Immunology-Virology Cluster1975
Eli Lilly Award1969
RCDA Award1967-1972
Professional Activities:
Member, Museum of Boston Aging Exhibit Advisory Council1998-
Council Member, The Human Genome Organization (HUGO)1997-
Editor, Genomics1996-
Editor, GENE1996-
Member, Cancer Center1996-
Organizer, X Chromosome Workshop1993
Organizer, EMBO YAC Courses and Japan YAC Course1990-1993
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 NIH1988
Member, American Cancer Society Personnel Committee1986-1991
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 Reviews1975-1987
American Cancer Society Grant Review Panel1975-1982
Editor-in-chief, "Microbiology", ASM Annual Volumes1974-1986
Editor, Genetics1969-1983
Editor, J. Bacteriology1969-1976
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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