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Arthur Kornberg, M.D.
(Class of 1941)
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Nobel Laureate |
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Kornberg is a 1941 graduate of the University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he returned to conduct research at the National Institutes of Health, NYU, Berkeley, and Washington University.
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| Soon after he joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1959, he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Dr. Severo Ochoa of New York University) for their discoveries of the mechanisms of the biologic synthesis of RNA and DNA. Dr. Kornberg has made significant contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of inheritance and to the development of modern recombinant DNA technology.
The Arthur Kornberg Research Awards were established in 1997 to recognize faculty in the School of Medicine and Dentistry for excellence in biomedical research. |
Current Award Recipients
Thomas W. Clarkson, Ph.D.
Current Research
- Development of antidotes to heavy metal poisoning
- Pharmacokinetics of mercury in animals and man
- Epidemiological-toxicological studies on populations exposed to mercury and its compounds
Patricia M. Hinkle, Ph.D.
Current Research
- Modulation of receptor number in cultured cells
- Development of novel pancreatic beta cell models
Arthur J. Moss, M.D.
Current Research
- To continue building a translational bridge between basic science and clinical cardiology, emphasizing the genetic underpinnings of cardiac disorders
Fred
Sherman, Ph.D.
Current Research
- Yeast model for the study of Batten disease
- Studies on gene expression and genetic instability of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans
- Understanding protein modifications and degradation in vivo, mRNA degradation, and uncovering new degradation systems in mitochondria
Past Award Recipients
1998
William H. Bowen, B.D.S., Ph.D.
Barbara H. Iglewski, Ph.D.
Richard P. Phipps, Ph.D.
1997
Robert Ader, Ph.D.
Robert
A. Bambara, Ph.D.
Leon G. Epstein, M.D.
Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D.
Gilbert B. Forbes, M.D.
Jeffrey
J. Hayes, Ph.D.
Gary D. Paige, M.D., Ph.D.
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