Gerald Mayer Rubin

Background

Rubin, Gerald Mayer was born on March 31, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin H. and Edith (Weisberg) Rubin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology, Cambridge University, England, 1974. Doctor of Science, Cambridge University, England, 2002.

Career

Helen Hay Whitney Foundation fellow Stanford University School Medicine, California, 1974-1976. Assistant professor biological chemistry Sidney Farber Cancer Institute-Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1977-1980. Instructor, embryology Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.

Staff member, department embryology Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, 1980-1983. John D. MacArthur professor genetics, department molecular & cell biology University California, Berkeley, 1983—2000, head, division genetics, department molecular and cellular biology, 1987—1995, HHMI investigator, 1987—2000, director Drosophila Genome Center, 1992—2006, professor genetic department molecular & cell biology, 2000—2009. Vice president biomedical research Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 2000—2001, vice president, director planning Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, Virginia, 2002—2003, vice president, director, since 2003.

Adjunct professor department biochemistry and biophysics University California School Medicine, San Francisco, since 1987. Associate faculty member, cell and molecular biology division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California. Member science advisory board Athena Neurosci., Inc., Tularik, Inc.

Co-founder, chair science advisory board Exelixis Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Achievements

• Gerald Mayer Rubin has been listed as a noteworthy Molecular biologist, biochemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences (United States Steel Foundation award in molecular biology, 1985), Institute Medicine, Genetics Society of America Medical, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Epsilon, Royal Society United Kingdom (foreign). Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Academy Microbiology.

Connections

Married Lynn S. Mastalir, May 7, 1978. 1 child, Alan F.

Father:

Benjamin H. Rubin

Mother:

Edith (Weisberg) Rubin

Spouse:

Lynn S. Mastalir

child:

Alan F. Rubin