Thomas Schwarz Explained

Birth Place:	New York
Nationality:	American
Field:	Genetics, neurobiology
Work Institutions:	Harvard University
Alma Mater:	Harvard College, Harvard Medical School
Doctoral Advisor:	Edward Kravitz

Thomas L Schwarz is an American neuroscientist and molecular biology researcher at Children's Hospital, Boston,^[1] and a professor of Neurology and Neurobiology in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.^[2]

Thomas Schwarz is best known for discovering and characterizing the Drosophila protein Milton.^[3] This protein has been shown to be crucial to mitochondrial localization to the nerve terminal.

Education

Thomas Schwarz graduated from Harvard College, where he was heavily involved with the college's WHRB radio, before earning a PhD from Harvard Medical School. His doctoral advisor was scientist Edward Kravitz.

Notes and References

1. Web site: CHB. CHB. CHB. 6 January 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080724164829/http://www.childrenshospital.org/cfapps/research/data_admin/Site286/mainpageS286P0.html. 24 July 2008.
2. Web site: HMS. Harvard Medical School. Harvard. 6 January 2013.
3. Stowers. Steven. Laura J. Megeath . Jolanta Górska-Andrzejak . Ian A. Meinertzhagen . Thomas L. Schwarz . Axonal Transport of Mitochondria to Synapses Depends on Milton, a Novel Drosophila Protein. Neuron. 36. 6. 1063–1077. 12 December 2002. 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)01094-2. 12495622. 10397128. free.