Graham C. Walker Explained

Nationality:	American
Workplaces:	MIT
Alma Mater:	Carleton University University of Illinois
Notable Students:	Cynthia Kenyon
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Graham Charles Walker (born 1948)^[1] is an American biologist, notable for his work explicating the structure and function of proteins involved in DNA repair and mutagenesis, with applications for cancer, and for understanding rhizobium (bacterial) functions that infect plants and mammals.^[2]

In addition to his scientific achievements, Walker is coordinating a program at MIT to develop curricular materials in biology.

Biography

Walker earned a B.Sc. degree from Carleton University, and his Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Illinois. He did postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois and at University of California, Berkeley with Bruce Ames.

He is currently a professor at MIT.

Notable publications

• Errol C. Friedberg, Graham C. Walker, Wolfram Siede, and Richard D. Wood, DNA Repair and Mutagenesis (2005 edition of notable textbook)
• Bradley T. Smith, Alan D. Grossman, and Graham C. Walker, "Visualization of Mismatch Repair in Bacterial Cells", Molecular Cell, v.8, pp. 1197–1206 (Dec. 2001)
• LeVier, K., Phillips, R.W., Grippe, V.K., Roop II, R.M. and Walker, G.C. Similar requirements of a plant symbiont and a mammalian pathogen for prolonged intracellular survival. Science 287:2492-2493 (2000)
• G. C. Walker, "Mutagenesis and inducible responses to deoxyribonucleic acid damage in Escheriscia coli", Microbiological Reviews (full text available at PubMed Central)

Awards

• 1970 - Woodrow Wilson National Fellow^[3]
• 1978-1982 - Rita Allen Foundation Scholar^[4]
• 1994 - Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
• 2004 - Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• 2006 - Environmental Mutagen Society Award^[5]
• 2009 - Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• 2013 - Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences.^[6]
• American Cancer Society Research Professor
• Charles Ross Scholar Award for Cancer Research
• Arthur C. Smith Award
• Stone Lectureship, Pennsylvania State University^[7]

References

• MIT faculty profile
• HHMI profile

Footnotes

1. https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/bookofmembers/ChapterW.pdf Book of Members: Chapter W
2. Deborah Halber, "Similar genetic culprit found behind plant, mammal infections", MIT April 5, 2000.
3. http://www.woodrow.org/fellows/awards.php "About Our Fellows"
4. http://www.ritaallenfoundation.org/scholars.html Rita Allen Foundation Scholars
5. Web site: EMS Award . 2007-11-29 . 2007-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070817190349/http://www.ems-us.org/who_we_are/awards/history/pastemsaward.asp . dead .
6. Web site: 2013 NAS Members and Foreign Associates Elected.
7. Web site: Past Stone lecturers include... . 2007-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070427032115/http://bmb.psu.edu/about/seminars-activities.html . 2007-04-27 . dead .