Background
Etkin, Laurence D. was born on March 7, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Mollie Etkin.
Etkin, Laurence D. was born on March 7, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harry and Mollie Etkin.
Bachelor of Science, Temple University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1977.
Visiting instructor Indiana University, 1977. Postdoctoral fellow University California, Berkeley, 1977—1979. Assistant professor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1979—1983, University Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 1984—1986, associate professor, 1986—1992, professor, from 1992, Abell-Hanger Foundation professor genetics, from 1997.
Advisory panel for development mechanisms National Science Foundation, 1995—1997. Ad hoc member science advisory committee in nucleic acids and proteins American Cancer Society, 1991. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development special emphasis study section National Institutes of Health, from 2002, development biology study section, from 2003.
With United States Navy, 1968-1970.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member: International Society Differentiation (board directors 1993—2005), American Society for Cell Biology (member congressional liaison committee since 1995), Society for Developmental Biology.
Married Lorraine Farkas Etkin, March 26, 1967. Children: Marc, Scott, Craig.