Joram Piatigorsky

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Joram Piatigorsky
Molecular biologist
Spouse
Lona Shepley
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(m. 1969)​
Children2
Parent(s)Gregor Piatigorsky and Jacqueline de Rothschild

Joram Piatigorsky (born February 24, 1940) is an American

molecular biologist and eye researcher. [1] He was the founding chief of the Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health (1981–2009). [2] He is the recipient of the 2008 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. [3]

He is the son of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and Jacqueline de Rothschild.[4]

Publications

Piatigorsky is the author of several books, including a scientific textbook, a memoir, a novel and a collection of short stories. Over the course of his career in science, he has published more than 300 scientific articles, reviews and book chapters on vision research.[5]

In Gene Sharing and Evolution: The Diversity of Protein Functions (Harvard University Press 2007),[6] Piatigorsky summarized and extended his "gene sharing" concept. [7]

He co-edited a book on an international symposium he organized: Molecular Biology of the Eye: Genes, Vision and Ocular Disease.[8]

His debut novel, Jellyfish Have Eyes (IP Books, 2014), forewarns of the danger of reducing funding for basic research,[9] and has garnered positive reviews in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.[10][11][12]

In his memoir, The Speed of Dark (Adelaide Books, 2018), Piatigorsky reflects on his 50-year career as a scientific researcher and describes how his family's pursuit of excellence and his father's quest for musical perfection influenced and inspired his own scientific career. [13] [14]

References

  1. ^ "Joram Piatigorsky | Helen Keller Foundation". www.helenkellerfoundation.org. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. ^ "Research Labs and Branches | National Eye Institute".
  3. ^ "Joram Piatigorsky – Helen Keller Foundation".
  4. ^ "Piatgorsky House is Gone, But Pieces of History Were Saved". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Joram Piatigorsky – Helen Keller Foundation".
  6. ^ "Gene Sharing and Evolution — Joram Piatigorsky".
  7. ISBN 978-0-674-04212-4
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  8. PMC 1683347
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  9. ISBN 978-0-9895622-6-3
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  10. PMID 25852137
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  11. ^ "NEI Scientist Emeritus's Debut Novel Probes Jellyfish Eyes - The NIH Record - May 8, 2015". nihrecord.nih.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  12. ^ "Narrative NIH scientist enters literary world -- Gazette.Net". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  13. ^ "THE SPEED OF DARK | Kirkus Reviews".
  14. ^ "Joram Piatigorsky - the Speed of Dark: A Memoir | Politics and Prose Bookstore".


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