Background
Mason, James Michael was born on April 14, 1949 in Vancouver, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Eugenia Eliza (Kinzer) Mason.
Mason, James Michael was born on April 14, 1949 in Vancouver, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Eugenia Eliza (Kinzer) Mason.
Bachelor in Biology, University California, San Diego, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, University Washington, 1976.
Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Davis, 1976-1978;
staff fellow, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1978-1980;
geneticist, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, since 1980. Member ad hoc committee National Institutes of Health biomedical Fellowship Study Section, 1984-1985. Member Interagy. Aneuploidy Data Review Committee, 1984-1985.
Invited participant Symposium on Aneuploidy: Etiology and Mechanisms, Washington, 1985. Chair task group on Drosophila assays American Society Testing and Materials on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate, 1986. Chair work group on Drosophila assays Workshop on Relationship Between Short-Term Test Information and Cardinogenicity, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1987.
Chair session Genome Structure and Function National Drosophila Conference, Chicago, 1991. Member Gene-Tox Phase III Committee Drosophila Mutagenesis Assays, 1991-1992. Speaker in field.
Cubmaster Boy Scouts American, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 1992-1994. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Environmental Mutagen Society (chair session Drosophila Mutagenesis meeting 1991, chair session Mutation Spectra meeting 1992), Genetics Society of America, North Carolina Drosophila Users Group (founder, chair 1991-1993).
Married Verna Georgine Schlink, September 8, 1970. Children: George Edward, Stuart Michael.