Jon Beckwith
Jonathan Beckwith | |
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| Born | December 25, 1935 (age 88) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Education | Pasteur Institute, Paris; Harvard University |
| Known for | Isolating the first gene from a bacterial chromosome |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Microbiology; Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences; member, National Academy of Sciences |
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| Institutions | Harvard Medical School |
| Academic advisors | Sydney Brenner, Arthur Pardee, François Jacob |
Jonathan Roger Beckwith (born December 25, 1935, in Cambridge, Massachusetts)[1] is an American microbiologist and geneticist. He is the American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
He trained with
Institut Pasteur
in France before arriving at Harvard University.
Research
Beckwith led the research group that in 1969 isolated the first
James D. Watson. He has worked on issues of social responsibility in science and since 1983 has taught a course on the Social Issues in Biology at Harvard University, one of the first of its kind. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986.[1]
Honors
National Academy of Sciences.[5]
Beckwith is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Selected publications
- Beckwith, Jon; Ard, Catherine; Asch, Adrienne; ISBN 978-0-8018-7926-5.
- Beckwith, Jonathan R. (2002). Making Genes, Making Waves: A Social Activist in Science. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00928-8.
References
- Notes
- ^ a b American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013). "Chapter B" (PDF). Book of Members: 1780–2012. Cambridge, Mass.: American Academy of Arts and Sciences. p. 36.
- ^ "Playing With Biological Fire". The New York Times. 8 December 1969.
- PMC 1307584.
- ^ Beckwith 2002, p. 224.
- ^ "Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- Bibliography
- Beckwith, Jonathan R. (2002). Making Genes, Making Waves: A Social Activist in Science. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-00928-8.
External links
- "Beckwith Lab". 2011-03-04.
- "Jonathan Beckwith, Ph.D." Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology Faculty.
- Jonathan R. Beckwith papers, 1933-2011 (inclusive), 1965-2004 (bulk). H MS c370. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
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