Education
In chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and his Doctor of Philosophy in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Stephen Elledge
Edit Profilegeneticist university professor
Career
He earned his Bachelor of Science His research is focused on the genetic and molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic response to deoxyribonucleic acid damage.
Achievements
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In 2012 he was awarded the Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Science from Brandeis University. In 2015 he was awarded the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research alongside Evelyn Witkin "for discoveries concerning the deoxyribonucleic acid-damage response—a fundamental mechanism that protects the genomes of all living organisms".
Membership
National Academy of Sciences]
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1993.
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Nationality
United States
Education
Awards
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NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2002) Genetics Society of America Medal (2005) Dickson Prize (2010) Gairdner Foundation International Award (2013) Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research(2015) Lasker Award; Rosenstiel Award
The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1945 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine.The Lasker Awards have been awarded annually since 1945 to living persons who have made major contributions to medical science or who have performed public service on behalf of medicine.