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Michael W. Young
Born1949
Miami, Florida
NationalityEnglish
Alma mater
Circadian Rhythms
Scientific career
FieldsChronobiology, Biology

Michael W. Young (1949) has dedicated nearly three decades of research studying various patterns of sleep and wakefulness within the human body that are controlled by biological clocks. Through the study of Drosophila melanogaster, his lab has furthered knowledge on this species by identifying the majority of the genes associated with regulation of its circadian clock. [1]

Life

Early Life

Michael W. Young was born in Miami, Florida in 1949.[2] His father worked for Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation managing aluminum ingot sales for the Southeastern United States. His mother worked for a law firm as a secretary. Despite no history of science or medicine in either of their backgrounds, Young’s parents were supportive of his interest in science and provided the means of scientific exploration through microscopes and telescopes. They even lived in an environment close to private zoos, where occasionally some of the animals would escape into their backyard.[3]

Michael Young grew up in and around Miami, Florida.[1] Then, his family moved to Dallas, Texas where he continued high school. In his early teens, Michael’s parents gifted him one of Darwin’s books on evolution and biological mysteries. The book described biological clocks as the reason why a strange plant he had seen years earlier closed during the day while opening at night. The location of these clocks were unknown, and this sparked Michael Young’s interest early on.[3]

Family Life

While working at Stanford University, Michael Young met his future wife Laurel Eckhardt who worked just down the hall from the lab in which he worked. Laurel was pursuing her PhD at the time with Len Herzenberg, and today can be found at Hunter College as a Professor of Biology. Michael and Laurel still work in close vicinities. Together, they have two daughters Natalie and Arissa.[3]

Academic career

In 1971 while studying at the

Ron Konopka and Seymour Benzer’s report on Drosophila circadian rhythm mutants located on the period locus. This led to future work with cloning the per gene years later.[3]

Michael Young continued his studies through postdoctoral training at Stanford University School of Medicine with an interest in molecular genetics and particular focus on transposable elements.[1] He worked in Dave Hogness’ lab and became familiar with the methods of recombinant DNA.[3] Two years later, he joined Rockefeller University. From 1978 on he was involved in the University, serving as associate professor in 1984 and later named professor in 1988.[1] Later in 2013, Young served as the Vice President for Academic Affairs and was a professor at the Rockefeller University. That following year, he became the Richard and Jeanne Fisher Chair in 2004.[2]

Positions and Honors

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "2009 Neuroscience Prize- Michael W. Young". Biology. Gruber Foundation. Retrieved 2015-04-06. Cite error: The named reference "gruber" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Biographical Notes of Laureates". Biology. The Shaw Foundation. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Autobiography of Michael Young". Biology. The Shaw Foundation. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  4. ^ "Wiley: Twelfth Annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences Awarded to Dr. Michael Young, Dr. Jeffrey Hall and Dr. Michael Rosbash". Biology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Retrieved 2015-04-06.

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Category:1918 births Category:1996 deaths Category:English biologists Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Stanford University alumni Category:Alumni of Durham University Category:Princeton University faculty Category:NASA people Category:Alexander von Humboldt Fellows

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