Background
CANTOR, Charles was born on August 26, 1942 in New York, United States. Son of Ida Diane Banks and Louis Cantor.
CANTOR, Charles was born on August 26, 1942 in New York, United States. Son of Ida Diane Banks and Louis Cantor.
AB summa cum laude, Columbia University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1966.
Assistant professor chemistry Columbia University, New York City, 1966-1969, associate professor chemistry and biological science, 1969-1972, professor, 1972-1981, professor, chairman genetics and development, deputy director Comprehensive Cancer Center College Physicians and Surgeons, 1981-1989. Director Human Genome Center Lawrence Berkeley Lab, 1988-1990. Professor molecular biology University California, Berkeley, 1989-1992.
Professor biomedical engineering Boston University, since 1992, chairman, 1994-1998, director Center for Advanced Biotechnology, since 1992, professor pharmacology, since 1995. Principal scientist human genome project Department Energy, 1990-1992. Chief science officer Sequenom, Inc., since 1998, board directors, 2000—2010.
Sherman Fairchild visiting scholar California Institute of Technology, 1975-1976. Member biophysics and biophysics chemistry study section National Institutes of Health, 1971-1975. Member cell and molecular basis of disease review committee National Institute General Medical Sciences, 1977-1981, council member, 1986-1989.
Member ozone update committee National Research Council, 1983, member research opportunities in biology committee, 1985-1989, committee on the human genome, 1986-1989, committee on bits of power, 1995-1996. Trustee Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1977-1983. Member proposal review panel Stanford Sychrotron Radiation Laboratory, 1976-1988.
Member United States National Commission, International Union Pure & Applied Biophysics, 1986-1994, vice chairman, 1988-1991, chairman, 1991-1994. Science advisory board Hereditary Disease Foundation, 1987-1989. Member council Human Genome Organization, 1989-1992, vice president 1990-1992, president America's, 1991-1998.
Chairman Department of Energy Human Genome Coordinating committee, 1989-1992. Advisory committee Searle Scholars program, 1987-1993, chair, 1993-1994, member advisory committee program in parasite biology MacArthur Foundation, 1990-1993. Member science advisory council Roswell Park Cancer Institute 1992-1998.
Science advisory committee European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 1989-1994. Board science counselors National Center for Biotechnology Information, The National Library Medicine, 1990-1995. Consultant Incyte Pharmaceutical Inc., 1992-1998, Genelabs, Inc., since 1988, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, 2000-2004.
Member council International Union Pure and Applied Biophysics, 1993-1999. Visiting committee biology Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1986-1989. Board directors and chair science advisory committee Avitech Diagnostics, Inc.
(formerly ATGC Inc.), 1992-1997. Member nomenclature committee IUBMB, since 1989. Chair advisory committee European Bioinformatics Institute, 1993-1994.
Member United States Department of Agriculture Genome Advisory Committee, 1992-1998. Co-chair biotechnology advisory council Fisher Science, since 1994. Member biology advisory committee Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1995-1907, chair 2000-2004.
Chair science advisory committee Sequenom, Inc., Sequenom Instruments GmbH, since 1995, member science advisory committee, Aclara, Inc., 1996-2003, Caliper, Inc., 1996-2001. Board directors ExSar, Inc. (formerly Carta, Inc., formerly Thermaphore, Inc.), 1999-2004, SIGA Inc.
(formerly Plexus Inc.), The Molecular Sciences Institute, 2004-2007, Select Xpharm., 2003-2004 (chair sci advisory board, since 2003). Member science advisory committee, Odyssey Inc., since 2002. President Biochemist, Inc., 2001-2002.
Member Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology consensus conference on federal funding, 1995-2000. Quest scholar Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 1997-1999. Member biotechnology council Department of Energy, 1996-1999.
Member unconventional pathogen countermeasures advisory committee Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency, 1996-2000. Member advisory committee Uppsala Bio-X, 2004-2006. Adjunct professor biomedical engineering, University California, San Diego, since 2002, member board directors, Dithera, Inc., Retrotope, Inc., since 2008, secretaries.
Trustee Associate Universities Inc., 1999-2000. Board directors Keystone Conferences, 1999-2006. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Biophysics Society (member council 1977-1981, Emily Gray prize 2000, fellow 2000).
Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society, Society Analytical Cytology, Harvey Society, American Society Human Genetics, biomedical Engineering Society, Japanese Bio-chemical Society (honorary).