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biology professor

Graham Charles Walker, American biology professor. Achievements include discovery of umuDC analogs on plasmid pKM101; demonstration of repetoire of SOS genes; demonstrated critical role of exopolysaccharide in nodule invasion by Rhizobium meliloti; cloning and analysis of roles of UmuDC in Ultraviolet mutagenesis; demonstrated RecA-mediated cleavage activates UmuD, second symbiotically active exopolysaccharide in R. meliloti.

Background

Walker, Graham Charles was born on February 8, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Bertram and Margaret Elizabeth (Biehn) Walker.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1974.

Career

Assistant professor biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1980; associate professor biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980-1986; professor biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1986.

Achievements

  • Graham Charles Walker has been listed as a noteworthy biology professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Housemaster McCormick Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1986-1992, Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member American Academy Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, Genetics Society of America, American Chemical Society, Environmental Mutagen Society.

Connections

Married Janet Elizabeth Haliburton, May 30, 1970. 1 child, Gordon Andrew.

Father:
Charles Bertram Walker

Mother:
Margaret Elizabeth (Biehn) Walker

Spouse:
Janet Elizabeth Haliburton

child:
Gordon Andrew Walker