Position:
Professor of Biology at Brandeis University
Work:
Brandeis University
since 1989
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Professor of Biology
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2006 - 2010
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Instructor
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
1986 - 1989
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Postdoctoral fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1983 - 1986
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Education:
University of California, Berkeley 1977 - 1983
Ph. D., Molecular Biology
Cornell University 1973 - 1977
B. A., Chemistry, Biochemistry
Skills:
Mutagenesis, DNA Repair, Replication, Recombination, Bacterial Genetics, Chromosome Dynamics, Bacterial Physiology, E. coli, Gene Targeting, Biotechnology, Western Blotting, Genetics, Science, Molecular Biology, COLI
Interests:
Bacterial genetics, DNA repair, recombination, mutation, genetic rearrangements, bacterial cell cycle control, genome evolution, science education
Honor & Awards:
Abraham S. and Gertrude Burg Chair of Microbiology 2008-present, American Academy of Microbiology 2006-present, Board of Directors Genetics Society of America 2008-2010, Instructor Cold Spring Harbor Advanced Bacterial Genetics Course 2006-2010, Chair Advisory Committee E. coli Genetics Stock Center 2001-2009, Faculty of 1000-Microbial growth and development 2005-2008, Associate Editor Genetics Journal 2003-2007
Awards:
Board of Directors, Genetics Society of America
GSA
Board of Scientific Counselors, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIDDK
Abraham S. and Gertrude Burg Professor of Microbiology
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
American Society for Microbiology