Background
Shapiro, James Alan was born on May 18, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Shapiro, James Alan was born on May 18, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Bachelor in English magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Cambridge University, 1968.
Postdoctoral fellow, Svc. de Genetique Cellulaire, Institute Pasteur, Paris, 1967-1968;
research fellow department bacteriology and immunology, Harvard Medical School, 1968-1970;
invited professor department genetics, School Biological Sciences, U. Havana, Cuba, 1970-1972;
research associate, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1972-1973;
assistant professor department microbiology, University of Chicago, 1973-1978;
associate professor department microbiology, University of Chicago, 1978-1982;
professor department microbiology, University of Chicago, 1982-1984;
professor microbiology department molecular genetics and cell biology, University of Chicago, 1984-1985;
professor microbiology department biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Chicago, since 1985. Visiting professor department microbiology Tel Aviv U., 1980. Darwin Prize visiting professor Edinburgh U., 1993.
Chairman midwest regional selection committee Marshall Scholarship, since 1991. Lecturer Foundation for Microbiology, since 1994.
Board of directors capital committee KAM-Isaiah Israel Congregation, 1990-1995. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Microbiology, Society General Microbiology, Genetics Society American, Genetical Society, American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Academy Microbiology, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Joan E. Shapiro, June 14, 1964. Children: Jacob N., Danielle E.