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Geraci, Giuseppe Federico Elio was born on March 18, 1933 in Naples, Italy. Son of Arturo and Pia (Spezzaferro) Geraci.
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Giuseppe Federico Elio Geraci
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Giuseppe Federico Elio Geraci, Italian Molecular biologist, educator. Achievements include the distinction of being the first to demonstrate Allosteric Regulation in mammalian enzyme; first to prepare human hemoglobin chains with different functional properties; demonstration of evidence of pre-determinative events in sea urchin embryo development. E-mail: [email protected]. Recipient award Italian Society Biochemistry, 1988.
Education
Doctor in Chemistry, University Naples, Italy, 1956.
Career
Researcher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Naples, Italy, 1958-1962; researcher, Italian National Research Council, Naples, Italy, 1962-1971; associate researcher, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1967; associate researcher, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1967-1968; associate staff in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1968-1969; director research, Laboratory of Molecular Embryology, Naples, since 1971; professor molecular biology, U. Naples, since 1981; visiting professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1991. Science advisory board National Research Council Center for Molecular Biology, Rome, 1971-1980, Center forGenetic Engineering, Naples, since 1985. Director Institute General Biology and Genetics, U. Naples, 1981-1985, president U. Council on Biological Science, director department general and molecular biology, since 1996.
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Membership
Member Italian Society Biophysics and Moleculary Biology (consultant 1966-1968), Italian Society Biochemistry, Italian National Academy Letters, Sciences and Arts (president 1997-1999), International Lions Club.
Connections
Married Rosa Alberti, March 27, 1960.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
Education
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1956
Career
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1958 - 1962
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1962 - 1971
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1966 - 1967
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1967 - 1968
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1971
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1981
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1991