Background
Wilson, Leslie was born on June 29, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Paul Wilson and Lee (Melnicker) Kamerling.
biochemist cell biologist Biology educator
Wilson, Leslie was born on June 29, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Samuel Paul Wilson and Lee (Melnicker) Kamerling.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts College Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Tufts University, 1967. Postgraduate, University California, Berkeley, 1967—1969.
Doctorate honoris causa, University de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France, 1998.
Assistant professor department pharmacology Stanford (California) University School Medicine, 1969-1974. Associate professor department biological science University California, Santa Barbara, 1975-1978, professor biochemistry, since 1979, chairman department biological science, 1987-1991, head division molecular, cellular, development biological, 1992-1993, director Alzheimer's Disease Center, Neurosci. Research Institute, since 2002.
Science advisory panel member cell and development biology American Cancer Society, Atlanta, 1984-1988. Consultant Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1980-1992, Tularik Corporation, San Francisco, Amgen Corporation, Thousand Oaks, California. Consultant Boehringer-Ingelheim, Vienna, since 2002.
Science advisory board Mycogenetics, 1990-1992, OmniTüra, Inc., Inc., since 2001, Broncus Technologies, Inc., since 2003, Genyous Life Sciences, since 2001. Co-organizer International Colloquium on the Cytoskeleton and human dis., Marseille, France, 2001. Consultant Threshold Pharmaceuticals, since 2006.
Board of directors Cancer Foundation Santa Barbara. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Cell Biology (chairman science program 1977), American Society Biological Chemistry and Molecular Biology, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American chemical Society.
Married Carla Helena Van Wingerden, September 9, 1989. Children from previous marriage: Sebastian A. Michael, Naomi Beth.