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Falkow, Stanley was born on January 24, 1934 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Jacob and Mollie (Gingold) Falkow.
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4 INFECTIOUS MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANCE S. Falkow, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle This volume is a documented guide to the study of infectious-multiple-drug resistance (R) factors and other bacterial plasmids. The first three chapters review the properties of the classical F-factor and the bacteriophage X so that they may serve as the prototypes for the comparison of the broader- spectrum of extrachromosomal elements that are found in Nature. From this base of information there follows an analysis in depth of the genetics, molecular nature, and replication of R-factors and other plasmids. Particular emphasis is placed on the more recent research developments, including the classification of R-factors by their incompatibility properties, electron microscope heteroduplex analysis, the use of restriction endonucleases for the dissection of the plasmid genome, and the use of R-factors and other plasmids for 'cloning' genetic material. The ecology of R-factors and their implication to human and veterinary medicine is covered in considerable detail with emphasis on the critical areas of nosocomial infection, the use of antibiotics in animal feeds, the dissemination of R-factors vivo, as well as the biochemical basis and origin of R-factor-mediated drug resistance. Although the R-factors are employed as the general model system, specific chapters also deal with the plasmids of the staphylococci and plasmids, such as Ent and K88, which are known to contribute directly to bacterial pathogenicity. The book will be of prime interest to microbiologists, clinicians, research workers, and students in the fields of medicine, public health, veterinary medicine, genetics, and molecular biology. It will also serve as a text for an introductory course on plasmids.
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Falkow, Stanley was born on January 24, 1934 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Jacob and Mollie (Gingold) Falkow.
Bachelor of Science in Bacteriology cum laude, University Maine, 1955. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maine, 1979. Master of Science in Biology, Brown University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1961. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Umea, Sweden, 1989.
Assistant chief department bacterial immunity Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Washington, 1963-1966. Professor microbiology Medical School Georgetown University, 1966-1972. Professor microbiology and medicine University Washington, Seattle, 1972-1981.
Professor, chairman department medical microbiology Stanford University, California, 1981-1985, professor microbiology, immunology & medicine, since 1981, Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill professor in cancer research. Karl H. Beyer visiting professor University Wisconsin, 1978-1979. Sommer lecturer University Oregon School Medicine, 1979, Kinyoun lecturer National Institutes of Health, 1980.
Rubbro orator Australian Society Microbiology, 1981. Stanhope Bayne-Jones lecturer Johns Hopkins University, 1982. Member Recombinant DNA Molecule Com, task force on antibiotics in animal feeds Food and Drug Administration, microbiology test committee National Board Medical Examiners.
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Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member Institute Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Infectious Disease Society of America (Squibb award 1979), American Society Microbiology (Becton-Dickinson award in Clinical Microbiology, 1986, Abbott-American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement award, 2003), Genetics Society of America, National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society United Kingdom (foreign), Sigma Xi.
Children from previous marriage: Lynn Beth, Jill Stuart. Married Lucy Stuart Tompkins, December 3, 1983.