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Phillips Wesley Robbins
Born1930
Herbert E. Carter

Phillips Wesley Robbins is a

professor emeritus in the department of molecular and cell biology at the Boston University School of Dental Medicine.[1] He moved to BU in 1998 following a career of almost 40 years on the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2][3]

Early life and education

Robbins was born in 1930 in

Fritz Lipmann, first at Massachusetts General Hospital and then moving with the group to Rockefeller University.[3]

Academic career

Robbins joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960[3] as one of several young biochemists hired by Jack Buchanan into the department of biology.[4] There he worked particularly closely with Salvador Luria, studying the structure and biochemistry of lipopolysaccharides.[2][3]

In 1998, after nearly 40 years at MIT, Robbins moved to the Boston University School of Dental Medicine, where he has worked in collaboration with John Samuelson[1] and with two of his own former postdoctoral fellows, department head Carlos Hirschberg and associate dean Maria Kukuruzinska.[3]

Robbins received the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry in 1966,[5] was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1982[6] and received the Karl Meyer Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology in 2000.[2]

Research

Robbins' research has focused on a variety of biochemical pathways. In his early career at MIT, he worked closely with Luria studying the structure and biosynthesis of

eukaryotic N-linked glycosylation pathway and more recently, with John Samuelson, has studied the evolution of this pathway in protists. He has also worked on the problem of chitin synthesis and its role in yeast.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Phillips W. Robbins". Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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  5. ^ "Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry" (PDF). American Chemical Society Division of Biological Chemistry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Phillips Robbins". National Academy of Sciences Member Directory. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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