Background
Magasanik, Boris was born on December 19, 1919 in Kharkoff, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Naum and Charlotte (Schreiber) Magasanik. came to the United States, 1938.
Magasanik, Boris was born on December 19, 1919 in Kharkoff, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Naum and Charlotte (Schreiber) Magasanik. came to the United States, 1938.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1948. Master of Science (honorary), Harvard University, 1958.
Technical assistant, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1939-1941; research assistant, Columbia University, New York City, 1948-1949; Ernst fellow, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1949-1951; associate to associate professor, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1951-1959; professor microbiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1960-1977; Jacques Monod professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1977; head department biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1967-1977. Tutor in biochemistry science Harvard University, since 1951.
With Medical corpus, United States army, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Microbiology(Abbott-American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement award, 2000), American Society Biological Chemists.