Background
Capecchi, Mario Renato was born on October 6, 1937 in Verona, Italy.
Capecchi, Mario Renato was born on October 6, 1937 in Verona, Italy.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Florence, Italy, 2004.
Assistant professor department biochemistry Harvard Medical School, 1969—1971, associate professor, 1971—1973. Professor biology University Utah School Medicine, Salt Lake City, since 1973, adjunct professor oncological science, since 1982, professor human genetics, since 1989, distinguished professor human genetics & biology, since 1993, co-chair department human genetics, since 2002. Investigator American Heart Association, 1969—1972, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1988.
Chairman Gordon Conference Molecular Genetics, 1986, Banbury Conference Development Genetics, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1989.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology, Molecular Medical Society. Member: National Academy of Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, American Society Hematology (honorary life), American Academy Arts & Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, Genetics Society America, International Genome Society, Society Development Biology, American Society Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, American Society Microbiology, American Society Biological Chemistry, American Bio-chemical Society, Phi Kappa Phi.
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