People

Advisory Boards
& Committees

September 1, 2008–August 31, 2009

Medical Advisory Board

  • Michael R. Botchan, Ph.D. Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
    Co-Chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology     University of California, Berkeley
  • Gerald R. Fink, Ph.D. Herman and Margaret Sokol Professor Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • J. Larry Jameson, MD., Ph.D. Vice President for Medical Affairs and Lewis Landsberg Dean Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Rowena G. Mathews, Ph.D. G. Robert Greenberg Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry and Research
    Professor Emeritus     Life Sciences Institute
    University of Michigan
  • Joan V. Ruderman, Ph.D. Marion V. Nelson Professor of Cell Biology Department of Cell Biology
    Harvard Medical School     (Through December 31, 2008)
  • Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D. Director, Bio-X
    Professor of Biology and Neurobiology     James H. Clark Center
    Stanford University
  • Bruce Stillman, Ph.D., F.R.S. President Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Lubert Stryer, M.D. Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Cell Biology, Emeritus Stanford University School of Medicine (Through December 31, 2008)
  • Craig B. Thompson, M.D. Chairman
    Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
    Director, Abramson Cancer Center     University of Pennsylvania
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Scientific Review Board

  • Wolfhard Almers, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute Oregon Health and Science University
  • Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, Ph.D. Professor of Cell Biology Harvard Medical School (Effective January 1, 2009)
  • Michael Ashburner, F.R.S. Professor of Biology Department of Genetics
    University of Cambridge
  • Mary Beckerle, Ph.D. Ralph E. and Willa T. Main Presidential Professor
    Executive Director, Huntsman Cancer Institute     University of Utah
  • Stephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D. Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry The Pennsylvania State University
  • Kathryn Calame, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    (Through December 31, 2008)
  • William A. Catterall, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology
    University of Washington
    School of Medicine
  • Sara A. Courtneidge, Ph.D. Professor and Director
    Tumor Microenvironment Program
    Director of Academic Affairs     Burnham Institute for Medical Research
  • Jorge E. Galán, Ph.D. Lucille P. Markey Professor of Microbiology
    Chairman
    Section of Microbial Pathogenesis     Yale School of Medicine
  • Richard H. Goodman, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Vollum Institute Oregon Health and Science University
  • Alan Hall, Ph.D. Chairman
    Cell Biology Program     Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • Margaret K. Hostetter, M.D. Jean McLean Wallace Professor and Chair Department of Pediatrics Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis Yale School of Medicine
  • Richard D. Kolodner, Ph.D. Member Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research,
    San Diego Branch     Professor of Medicine University of California, San Diego,
    School of Medicine     Executive Director for Laboratory Science
    and Technology     Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research,
    New York
  • Robb Krumlauf, Ph.D. Scientific Director Stowers Institute for Medical Research (Effective January 1, 2009)
  • Lynn Landmesser, Ph.D. Garvin Professor and Chair Department of Neurosciences
    Case Western Reserve University School
    of Medicine
  • Michael A. Marletta, Ph.D. Aldo DeBenedictis Distinguished Professor
    of Chemistry
    Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology     University of California, Berkeley
  • Gail R. Martin, Ph.D. Professor and Vice-Chair
    Department of Anatomy     University of California, San Francisco
  • Diane Mathis, Ph.D. Head, Section on Immunology and Immunogenetics Joslin Diabetes Center Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
  • Keith Moffat, Ph.D. Louis Block Professor Department of Biochemistry and
    Molecular Biology     Deputy Provost for Research The University of Chicago
    (Through December 31, 2008)
  • W. James Nelson, Ph.D. Rudy J. and Daphne Donohue Munzer Professor Department of Biology and of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
    The James H. Clark Center
    Bio-X
    Stanford University
  • Eric N. Olson, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Molecular Biology
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
  • Luis F. Parada, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Developmental Biology
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
  • James W. Patrick, Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine (Through December 31, 2008)
  • Gregory A. Petsko, D.Phil. Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Chair Department of Biochemistry
    Brandeis University     Adjunct Professor Department of Neurology and Center for Neurologic Diseases
    Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Hidde Ploegh, Ph.D. Member Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Professor of Biology Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Effective January 1, 2009)
  • Janet Rossant, Ph.D. University Professor of Molecular Genetics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Toronto Chief of Research The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
  • Joshua R. Sanes, Ph.D. Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Center for Brain Science
    Harvard University
  • Robert T. Sauer, Ph.D. Salvador E. Luria Professor Department of Biology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Mark Schlissel, Ph.D. Dean of Biological Sciences and Professor of Immunology and Pathogenesis Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
    University of California, Berkeley     (Effective January 1, 2009)
  • David W. Tank, Ph.D. Henry L. Hillman Professor Department of Molecular Biology Co-Director, Princeton Neuroscience Institute Princeton University
  • David C. Van Essen, Ph.D. Edison Professor and Head Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
    Washington University in St. Louis School
    of Medicine
  • Christopher T. Walsh, Ph.D. Hamilton Kuhn Professor Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
    Harvard Medical School
  • Huntington F. Willard, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Genome Sciences
    and Policy
    Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences     Duke University
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Janelia Farm Research Campus Advisory Committee

  • Jennifer Tour Chayes, Ph.D. Managing Director Microsoft Research New England (Effective February 1, 2009)
  • Winfried Denk, Ph.D. Director Department of Biomedical Optics
    Max Planck Institute for Medical Research     (Through February 17, 2009)
  • Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D. Regental Professor and Chairman Department of Molecular Genetics
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
  • Gerald M. Rubin, Ph.D. Chair
    Vice President and Director     Janelia Farm Research Campus
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D. Director, Bio-X
    Professor of Biology and Neurobiology     James H. Clark Center
    Stanford University
  • Maxine Singer, Ph.D. President Emerita Carnegie Institution of Washington Senior Scientific Advisor Carnegie Academy for Science Education
  • David W. Tank, Ph.D. Henry L. Hillman Professor Department of Molecular Biology Co-Director, Princeton Neuroscience Institute Princeton University
  • Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D. President Princeton University (Through February 28, 2009)
  • K. Vijay Raghavan, Ph.D. Director
    National Centre of Biological Sciences     Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Effective June 1, 2009)
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Bioethics Advisory Board

  • Patricia A. King, J.D. Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy Georgetown Law School
    Georgetown University
  • Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D. David and Lyn Silfen University Professor and Professor of Medical Ethics and of History and Sociology of Science Center for Bioethics
    University of Pennsylvania
  • Harriet S. Rabb, J.D. Vice President and General Counsel The Rockefeller University
  • Harold T. Shapiro, Ph.D. President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University
  • Laurie Zoloth, Ph.D. Chairman
    Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics and of Religion
    Director, Center for Bioethics, Science, and Society     Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
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