Robert Metzenberg
Robert L. Metzenberg | |
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Born | June 11, 1930 Meiotic silencing |
Awards | Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Robert Lee Metzenberg (June 11, 1930 – July 15, 2007) was an American geneticist known for his work on genetic regulation and metabolism with Neurospora crassa.
Education and early life
Robert Lee Metzenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In 1951 Metzenberg graduated from Pomona College in California where he had specialised in chemistry with physics and biology as minor subjects. He then studied at the California Institute of Technology and was awarded a Ph.D. in 1955. 1951 and 1955, he earned a PhD at California Institute of Technology in the Division of Biological Sciences supervised by Herschel K. Mitchell. During this time he met and was influenced by several geneticists including George Beadle, Alfred Sturtevant, Herschel K. Mitchell and Max Delbrück.[1][2]
Career
In 1955 Metzenberg was appointed as a professor at the
His research, using the fungus Neurospora crass, was essential for its continued development as a model organism in the latter half of the twentieth century, and he became a central point in the research community. Metzenberg and his collaborators studied sulphur and phosphate
Awards and honors
He was awarded the Thomas Hunt Morgan Award from
Personal life
He met Helene Fox from California while he was studying for his Ph.D. and they married in 1954.[1] They had two children together. After his retirement they returned to California in 2002.
Legacy
In 2004 the Neurospora research community established an award in his name.[2] This is awarded every 2 – 4 years for innovative research that has significantly advanced understanding of Neurospora and biology in general by a researcher at any stage of career development. Awardees have included N. Louise Glass in 2019.[8]
External links
References
- ^ a b c "Robert L. Metzenberg memorial webpage". N. Louise Glass Lab. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Davis, Rowland H.; Selkar, Eric U. "Robert Lee Metzenberg J. 1930 - 2007" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- PMID 18287405.
- PMID 28838355.
- PMID 8913744. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Robert L. Metzenberg". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- PMID 15731512.
- ^ "Louise Glass Receives Metzenberg Award". Berkeley Lab Biosciences. Retrieved 29 April 2021.