Background
Fraser-Liggett, Claire M. was born on November 5, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
educator microbiologist genome scientist
Fraser-Liggett, Claire M. was born on November 5, 1955 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2002. Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1981.
Doctorate (honorary), University Bergen, Norway, 2000. Doctor of Science (honorary), Rensselaer Polytechnic University, 2002.
Teaching assistant department pharmacology and therapeutics State University of New York, Buffalo, 1977—1981, research associate department pharmacology and therapeutics, 1981—1982, research instructor department biochemistry, 1982—1983. Cancer research scientist III department molecular immunology Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 1983—1984, cancer research scientist IV department molecular immunology, 1984—1985. Senior staff fellow Laboratory Neurophysiology NINCDS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1985—1987.
Senior staff fellow, chief unit of receptor regulation, receptor biochemistry and molecular biology Laboratory Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, 1987—1989. Chief section on molecular neurobiology Laboratory Physiologic and Pharmacologic Studies National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, ADAMHA, Rockville, 1989—1992. Vice president for research, director department microbial genomics Institute for Genomic Research, 1992—1998, president, director, investigator, 1998—2007.
Professor medicine University Maryland School Medicine, Baltimore, director, Institute for Genome Sciences, since 2007. Member committee on countering bioterrorism and domestic animal genomics National Research Council. Member review committee National Science Foundation, United States Department Energy-National Institutes of Health.
Lecturer Waksman Foundation for Microbiology Lectures Program, 2000, 01. Professor pharmacology George Washington University, 2000, professor microbiology & tropical medicine, 01. Board directors Becton Dickinson & Company, since 2006.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Microbiology.
Married J. Craig Venter, 1981 (divorced 2005). Married Steven Liggett.