Christopher T. Walsh

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Christopher T. Walsh
Born(1944-02-16)February 16, 1944
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Thesis The Mechanism of Action of the Citrate Cleavage Enzyme  (1970)
Doctoral advisorLeonard B. Spector
Other academic advisorsRobert H. Abeles
Notable studentsMichael Marletta
Peter G. Schultz
Yian Shi
Gregory L. Verdine

Christopher T. Walsh (February 16, 1944 – January 10, 2023) was a Hamilton Kuhn professor of

National Academy of Sciences in 1989.[2]

Education

He earned his A.B. degree in biology from Harvard University in 1965. As an undergraduate, he worked with E. O. Wilson and published a first author paper in the journal Nature, where he and his colleagues described the composition of the fire ant trail substance.[3] He went on to graduate school at Rockefeller University, where he earned his Ph.D. in life science in 1970.[2][4][5]

Career

Walsh completed a postdoctoral fellowship with

American Academy of Microbiology
.

Personal life

Walsh was born in Boston and went to Roxbury Latin School. Walsh died following a fall on January 10, 2023, at the age of 78. He was married to Diana Chapman Walsh who was the president of Wellesley College from 1993 to 2007. They have one daughter, Allison Kurian, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Stanford University.[5][9]

Notable publications

Books

  • Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms (1978). Published by Freeman Inc (
    ISBN 978-0-7167-0070-8
    ).
  • Antibiotics: Actions, Origins, Resistance (2003), by Christopher Walsh. Published by ASM Press (
    ISBN 978-1-55581-254-6
    ).
  • Post-translation Modification of Proteins: Expanding Nature's Inventory (2006), by C.T. Walsh. Published by Roberts and Company (
    ISBN 0-9747077-3-2).[10]

References

  1. ^ "Walsh Laboratory". Harvard Medical School. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "Speakers: Christopher T. Walsh, Ph.D." Duke University Health System. 2006. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  3. S2CID 4265580
    .
  4. ^ a b Beeson, Teresa D. "The Career of Christopher T. Walsh" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  5. ^ a b c "Christopher T. Walsh Dies". Harvard Medical School. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  6. ^ "Leadership | Scripps Research". www.scripps.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  7. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  8. ^ "Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  9. cen.acs.org
    . Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  10. S2CID 195304301
    .

External links
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