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Walsh, Christopher Thomas was born on February 16, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
biochemist department chairman
Walsh, Christopher Thomas was born on February 16, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Life Science, Rockefeller University, 1970.
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation fellow, Brandeis U., 1970-1972;
from assistant professor to professor of chemistry and biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972-1987;
associate director Whitaker College Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979-1982;
Uncas and Helen Whitaker professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-1985;
Karl Taylor Compton professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985-1987;
chairman chemistry department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982-1987;
David Wesley Gaiser professor, Harvard University, 1987-1991;
department chairman biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology Medical School, Harvard University, since 1987;
Hamilton Kuhn professor, Harvard University, since 1991;
president, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, 1992-1995. Consultant Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research laboratories, 1975-1981, Monsanto Corporation Reserve laboratories, 1980-1981, Johnson & Johnson, 1982-1983, Hoffman LaRoche, since 1982, Genzyme & Bioinfo Associations, since 1983, Firmenich, S A, 1986-1990, Enzymatics,1988-, Biotage, since 1989. Member panel research grants study National Science Foundation, 1977-1979, panel study section biochemistry National Institutes of Health, 1978-1982, general medical county, National Institutes of Health, 1983-1985, Chemal Research Group, World Health Organization, 1984-1986.
Co-chairman Gordon Research Conference Enzymes, Coenzymes & Molecular Biology, 1978, Conference Methanogenesis, 1984. Chairman study section biochemistry National Institutes of Health, since 1982. Lecturer in field.
(A comprehensive account of the structural classes of anti...)
Member National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine-NAS, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society, American Society Microbiology.
Married; 1 child.