Nancy Craig

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Nancy L. Craig is a professor emerita of

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[1] She has done pioneering research on the molecular mechanisms of transposable elements, or mobile sequences of DNA found in the genomes of most known organisms.[2]

Education

Craig grew up in Concord, Calif., graduated from Concord High School and attended

postdoctoral fellow, where she continued to study lambda phage genome integration.[2][1]

Academic career

Craig joined the faculty in the departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry & Biophysics at the

transposon Tn7 and later cited the success of this effort as one of her career highlights.[3] In 1992, Craig moved her laboratory from UCSF to Johns Hopkins University, where she remains a professor emerita.[2] Craig was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator from 1991 to 2015.[4] She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2010.[5]

Research interests

Throughout her career, Craig has focused her research on

piggyBac.[2][6]

Since 2021, Craig has been senior vice president of Genetic Engineering and Mobile Elements and chair of the Scientific Advisory Board at SalioGen Therapeutics, a Lexington, Mass., corporation developing new methods of genetic medicine.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nancy Craig, Ph.D." Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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  3. doi:10.2144/000114120
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  4. ^ "Nancy L. Craig, Ph.D." Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Nancy Craig". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Craig Lab Research". Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  7. ^ "SalioGen Therapeutics Strengthens Management with Key Additions to Leadership Team to Advance Its Gene Coding Platform". 28 July 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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