Thomas J. Silhavy Explained

Thomas J. Silhavy
Nationality:American
Field:Molecular biology
Work Institutions:Princeton University
Prizes:Edward Novitski Prize in 2008

Thomas J. Silhavy (born 1948) is the Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. Silhavy is a bacterial geneticist who has made fundamental contributions to several different research fields. He is best known for his work on protein secretion, membrane biogenesis, and signal transduction. Using Escherichia coli as a model system, his lab was the first to isolate signal sequence mutations, identify a component of cellular protein secretion machinery, discover an integral membrane component of the outer membrane assembly machinery, and to identify and characterize a two-component regulatory system.[1] Current work in his lab is focused on the mechanisms of outer membrane biogenesis and the regulatory systems that sense and respond to envelope stress and trigger the developmental pathway that allows cells to survive starvation. He is the author of more than 200 research articles and three books.

Silhavy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005.[2]

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  1. Web site: National Academy of Sciences . www.nasonline.org . 2010-08-12.
  2. Alberts . Bruce . Fulton . Kenneth R. . Election to the National Academy of Sciences: Pathways to membership . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . . en . 10.1073/pnas.0503457102 . May 17, 2005 . 102 . 21 . 7405–7406 . 16586925 . 1140467 . free .
  3. Web site: Congrats to AR author Thomas Silhavy for being awarded the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award. #ASMMicrobe2016. Reviews. Annual. 2016-06-17. @AnnualReviews. en. 2019-04-24.
  4. Web site: ASM Announces Appointments of Two New Editors In Chief for JB and AEM . journals.asm.org . . 15 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111126060933/http://journals.asm.org/site/misc/announcements_aug11.xhtml . November 26, 2011 . en . August 2011.
    • Thorner. Jeremy W. March 2008. The 2008 Novitski Prize. Genetics. 178. 3. 1135–6. 18385107. 10.1534/genetics.104.017831. 2278103 . retrieved 2010-08-12
  6. Web site: New EMBO Members 2008 . 2010-08-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722091420/http://www.embo.org/news/press-release-2008/new-embo-members-2008.html . 2011-07-22 . retrieved 2010-08-12
  7. Web site: Academy Elects 225th Class of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members . www.amacad.org . . 15 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051106120558/http://www.amacad.org/news/new2005.aspx . November 6, 2005 . en . April 26, 2005.
  8. Web site: Thomas Silhavy. www.nasonline.org. 2019-04-24.
  9. Web site: ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award Past Laureates | Professional Development . 2010-08-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120123931/http://asm.org/asm/index.php/professional-development/asm-graduate-microbiology-teaching-award-past-laureates.html . 2010-11-20 . retrieved 2010-08-16

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