Background
Robertson, Hugh Dunbar was born on June 12, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Randal McGavock and Florence French (Dunbar) Robertson.
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Hugh Dunbar Robertson
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Hugh Dunbar Robertson, American Biomedical researcher, consultant. Achievements include discovery of first two Ribonucleic acid processing enzymes; co-founder of the field of Ribonucleic acid processing; discover of replication mode for viroid-like pathogens, including that causing human hepatitis delta; co-founder of Innovir laboratories, a pioneering biotechnology company in the field of ribozyme therapeutics.
Education
Bachelor in Life Sciences, Harvard University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Rockefeller U., 1969.
Career
Whitney postdoctoral fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, 1969-1972;
assistant professor genetics, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1972-1978;
associate professor genetics, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1978-1988;
associate professor biochemistry Medical College, Cornell Univercity, New York City, 1989-1997;
professor biochemisty Medical College, Cornell Univercity, New York City, since 1997. Chair science advisory board Enzo BioChem, Inc., New York City, 1981-1987. Co-founder, chair science advisory board Innovir laboratories, Inc., New York City, since 1989.
Organizer Cold Springs Harbor (New York) Ribonucleic acid meeting, 1983, 94, 86, 93.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Christodora Charitable Foundation, New York City, since 1984, vice president, 1995-1996. Member Canterbury Choral Society, New York City, since 1973, board chair, 1989-1995, president, 1988-1989. Member American Society Virology (founding member, since 1982, education committee since 1982), Ribonucleic acid Society (founding member since 1993), Appalachian Mountain Club, Massachusetts Audubon Society.
Interests
Connections
Married Janet Abernathy, July 6, 1968. Children: Andrew Dunbar, Michael Henry.
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Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Recipient Research Excellence award McKnight Foundation, 1983. Grantee National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, USDA, 1973-1991, National Institutes of Health, since 1993, New York State, since 1993, American Cancer Society, since 1978, Bohmfalk Foundation, since 1978, New York Indiana Matching Funds, since 1978.Recipient Research Excellence award McKnight Foundation, 1983. Grantee National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, USDA, 1973-1991, National Institutes of Health, since 1993, New York State, since 1993, American Cancer Society, since 1978, Bohmfalk Foundation, since 1978, New York Indiana Matching Funds, since 1978.