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Knowles, Barbara Bang was born on February 27, 1937 in New York City. Daughter of Christian John and Undine Gaylord (Dodge) Bang.
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Barbara Bang Knowles
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Barbara Bang Knowles, American geneticist. Recipient numerous research grants National Institutes of Health, since 1971, American Cancer Society, since 1975. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Genetics Society of America, American Society Human Genetics, Human Genome Organization, Sigma Xi.
Education
AB, Middlebury College, 1958; Master of Science, Arizona State University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Arizona State University, 1965.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Department Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, 1965-1967;
from research associate to professor, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, 1967-1993;
director cell and development biological program, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, 1991-1993;
professor microbiology and pathology laboratory medicine, University of Pennsylvania School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1984-1993;
senior scientist, associate director, director research, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine., since 1993;
member graduate faculty, U. Maine, since 1995. Consultant Cancer Information Dissemination Svc., 1979-1991. Visiting senior scientist Cold Spring Harbor laboratories, 1986-1988.
Member cancer research manpower review board National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute, 1980-1983. Member board science counselors National Institutes of Health-National Institute Dental Research, 1989-1994. Member American Cancer Society personnel committee, 1990-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Genetics Society of America, American Society Human Genetics, Human Genome Organization, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married John Appleton Knowles, November 28, 1959 (divorced 1984). Children: Jared Appleton, Amanda Gaylord.
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1958
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1963
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1965
Career
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1965 - 1967
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1967 - 1993
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1984 - 1993
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1993
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1993
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1993
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1995