Background
Rubin, Edward M. was born on January 17, 1951 in New York City.
Rubin, Edward M. was born on January 17, 1951 in New York City.
Bachelor in Physics, University California San Diego. Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester Medical Center, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, University Rochester.
Intern, pediatrics University California San Francisco, 1980—1981, resident, medical genetics, 1981—1982, genetics fellow, 1983—1987, associate professor. Research associate Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Interim director United States Department Energy Joint Genome Institute, 2002—2003, director, since 2002.
Joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1988, head, genome sciences department, 1998—2002, director, genomics division, genome sciences department, senior scientist, since 2002. Active in United States and internationally Human Genome Project. Co-chair Cold Spring Harbor Genome Sequencing and Biology meeting.
Scientific chair International Human Genome Organization. Advisory role for Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Canada, Chancellor's Advisory Board University California Davis, and Genome Institute of Singapore.