Background
Goldstein, Irwin Joseph was born on September 8, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
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Irwin Joseph Goldstein
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Irwin Joseph Goldstein, American Medical research executive. Achievements include research in carbohydrate-protein interactions; isolation, purification and characterization of lectins (carbohydrate-binding proteins); use of lectins to study cell-surface phenomena; studies on the structure and biosynthesis of glycoproteins; immunochemistry of carbohydrates.
Education
Bachelor, Syracuse University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, 1956.
Career
Research fellow, department agricultural biochemistry, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1956-1959;
assistant professor, department biochemistry, State University New York, Buffalo, 1961-1965;
associate professor, department biological chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965-1972;
professor, department biological chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1972;
member comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Consultant Ann Arbor Community, 1968-1971, Procter & Gamble Company, 1968-1990. Associate dean Research and Graduate Studies University of Michigan, 1986-1998.
Member Research committee Henry Ford Hospital, since 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Research board United Fund, Buffalo, New York, 1963-1965. Board directors Guild House University of Michigan, 1975-1980. Member American Heart Association, Biochemical Society, Chemical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society, Society Complex Carbohydrates (Executive Committee since 1987), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
2 children.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient Kaiser Permanente Pre Clinical Teaching award, 1980, ClaudeS. Hudson Carbohydrate Chemistry award American Chemical Society, 1993. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960, National Institutes of Health fellow, 1960-1961.Recipient Kaiser Permanente Pre Clinical Teaching award, 1980, ClaudeS. Hudson Carbohydrate Chemistry award American Chemical Society, 1993. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960, National Institutes of Health fellow, 1960-1961.