Education
Spradling obtained an Bachelor of Arts in physics from the University of Chicago and a Doctor of Philosophy in cell biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Allan Spradling
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Career
He is considered a leading researcher in the developmental genetics of the fruit fly egg and has developed a number of techniques in his career that have led to greater understanding of fruit fly genetics including contributions to sequencing its genome. He is also an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Spradling and American fellow American geneticist Gerald M. Rubin are considered pioneers in the field of genetics for their work in the early 1980s with their idea to "attach" a gene to a Drosophila transposon, P elements, known to insert itself into fruit fly"s chromosomes.
From this research came work from other scientists on transposons as a tool for genetic alterations in organisms.
Achievements
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
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Nationality
United States
Awards
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Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal; George W. Beadle Award Gruber Prize in Genetics; the Beadle Medal
The Gruber Prize in Genetics, established in 2001, is one of three international awards worth US$500,000 made by the Gruber Foundation, a non-profit organization based at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.The Gruber Prize in Genetics, established in 2001, is one of three international awards worth US$500,000 made by the Gruber Foundation, a non-profit organization based at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.