Background
Witte, Owen Neil was born on May 17, 1949 in Brooklyn.
educator microbiologist molecular biologist
Witte, Owen Neil was born on May 17, 1949 in Brooklyn.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1971; Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University, 1976.
Predoctoral fellow Stanford University Medical School, Palo Alto, California, 1971-1976, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center Cancer Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1980. Assistant professor, Department Microbiology, Molecular Genetics University of California at Los Angeles, 1980-1982, associate professor, Department Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, 1982-1986, professor, Department Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, since 1986, president's chair in development immunology, Department Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, since 1989, founding director, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine, since 2005. Investigator University of California at Los Angeles Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1986.
Professor, microbiology, immunology & molecular genetics University of California at Los Angeles David Geffen School Medicine, since 1996, professor molecular and medical pharmacology. Advisory board member Pew Scholars in Biomedical Science, Damon Runyon Scholars Board, Lasker Prize Award Jury.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, 1996, American Academy Microbiology, 1997. Member National Academy of Sciences, Institute Medicine.