Nancy hopkins biography

Nancy Hopkins


(2023)
Nacemento(en) Nancy Doe
16 de xuño de 1943 (81 anos)
Nova York, Estados Unidos de América
EducaciónUniversidade Harvard- Doutora en filosofía (–1971)
Radcliffe College- bioloxía (–1964)
Campo de traballoBioloxía molecular, xene, Peixe cebra, Bacterias, virus, virus de ARN e tumor
Ocupaciónbióloga, bióloga molecular, xenetista, profesora universitaria
EmpregadorInstituto de Tecnoloxía de Massachusetts
Membro de
23 de xaneiro de 2013Encontro Anual do Foro Económico Mundial de 2013
Arquivos en

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Nancy Hopkins, nada en Nova York en 1943, é unha bióloga molecular americana, catedrática Amgen emérita de Bioloxía no Instituto Tecnolóxico de Massachusetts.[1] É membro da Academia Nacional de Ciencias, do Instituto de Medicina da Academia Nacional e da Academia Americana de Artes e Ciencias. Coñecida pola súa investigación na identificación dos xenes necesarios para o desenvolvemento do peixe cebra, e polas súas anteriores investigacións sobre a expresión d

Nancy Hopkins

Education

  • PhD, 1971, Harvard University
  • BA, 1964, Biology, Harvard University

Research Summary

Nancy Hopkins became an assistant professor at MIT’s Center for Cancer Research in 1973. She used genetics to map RNA tumor virus genes, identifying genes that determine host range and the type and severity of cancers mouse retroviruses cause. These genes included capsid protein p30 and transcriptional elements now known as enhancers. Hopkins switched research areas more than a decade later, developing tools for zebrafish research and devising an efficient method for large-scale insertional mutagenesis. Using this technique, her lab identified and cloned 25% of the genes essential for a fertilized zebrafish egg to develop into a swimming larva. These genes included known and novel genes that predispose fish to cancer. Currently, Hopkins works on advocacy for cancer prevention and early detection research.

Awards

  •  Biomedical Innovation Award, STAT, 2021
  • American Association for Cancer Research Academy, Fellow, 2021
  • Xconomy Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
  • Harvar

    Nancy Hopkins (scientist)

    American molecular biologist

    Nancy Hopkins, an American molecular biologist, (néeDoe, born June 16, 1943) is the Amgen, Inc. Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2] She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is known for her research identifying genes required for zebrafish development, and for her earlier research on gene expression in the bacterial virus lambda, and on mouse RNA tumor viruses. She is also known for her work promoting equality of opportunity for women scientists in academia.

    Early life and education

    Nancy Doe Hopkins[3] was born in 1943 in New York City.

    Hopkins received her BA from Radcliffe College in 1964,[1] and earned her PhD from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Harvard University in 1971,[4] where she worked with Professor Mark Ptashne. With Ptashne she identified the operator sites on DNA to w

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