Richard P. Lifton Explained

Richard P. Lifton
President of Rockefeller University
Order:11th
Predecessor:Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College, Stanford University
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Thesis Title:The organization and expression of the Drosophila melanogaster histone genes and interspersed mobile elements
Thesis Url:https://search.proquest.com/docview/303513109/
Thesis Year:1986
Awards:Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (2008), Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2014)

Richard Priestley Lifton (born 1953) is an American biochemist and the 11th and current president of The Rockefeller University.[1]

Education and career

He earned his B.A. in biological sciences from Dartmouth College and in 1986 he got his M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from Stanford University.[2] He trained at Brigham and Women's Hospital before starting his lab at Yale in 1993.[3] He has been awarded the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences for his discovery of genes that are associated with the regulation of blood pressure.[4] In 2014 he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work.[5] He has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1994. He was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine, and he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6]

In May 2016, Lifton was named the president of Rockefeller University.[7] He succeeded Marc Tessier-Lavigne.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard P. Lifton assumes office as the university's 11th president. The Rockefeller University. 1 September 2016.
  2. The Organization And Expression Of The Drosophila Melanogaster Histone Genes And Interspersed Mobile Elements (repeated, Pseudogenes) . 1986 . . Ph.D. . Lifton . Richard Priestley . . subscription . 245263386.
  3. Web site: Richard Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.. Broad Institute. 1 November 2012.
  4. http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-49180.html Seventh Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded to Dr. Richard P. Lifton
  5. Web site: Laureates: 2014. Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
  6. Web site: Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D. . HHMI. 1 November 2012.
  7. Web site: Richard P. Lifton named 11th president of The Rockefeller University. Rockefeller University. 5 May 2016.

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