Background
Bassin, Robert Harris was born on May 2, 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Max Abraham and Sarah (Zitelman) Bassin.
Bassin, Robert Harris was born on May 2, 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Max Abraham and Sarah (Zitelman) Bassin.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Princeton, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy (United States Public Health Service fellow), Rutgers University, 1966.
Research associate, Rutgers University Institute Microbiology, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1965-1966; National Institutes of Health fellow, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, England., 1966-1968; staff virologist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1968; acting head, tumor virus section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1970-1971; head viral biochemistry section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1973-1982; head biochemistry of oncogenes section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, since 1982. Cons. virologist University laboratories, Highland Park, New Jersey, 1965-1966.
Member American Society for Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, Society for General Microbiology, Tissue Culture Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Shirley Lois Shooman, August 6, 1961. Children: Stuart Howard, Lawrence Alan, David Seth.