Joseph R. Ecker is an American plant biologist and molecular biologist.[1] He is Professor of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory and Director of the Genomic Analysis Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He holds the Salk International Council Chair in Genetics.
Joseph R Ecker | |
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| Alma mater | The College of New Jersey Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center |
| Known for | Plant biology and epigenetics |
| Awards | 2011 George W. Beadle Award, Genetics Society of America 2009 #2 Scientific Discovery of the Year TIME Magazine |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Hyman |
| Website | http://www.salk.edu/faculty/ecker.html https://twitter.com/joeecker |
He is also an adjunct professor in the Section of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, San Diego.[2]
Biography
editEcker completed a BA degree in biology in 1978 at The College of New Jersey.[3] He then joined the laboratory of virologist Dr. Richard Hyman and studied herpes viruses at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He joined Ronald W. Davis's lab at Stanford University. In 1987, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Plant Science Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He also served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2017.
Notable honors and awards
edit- 2011 Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation[4]
- 2011 George W. Beadle Award, Genetics Society of America[5]
- 2009 #2 Scientific Discovery of the Year 2009 — TIME Magazine[6]
- 2007 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
- 2024 Ilchun Molecular Medicine Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
References
edit- ^ "Joseph R. Ecker- Salk Institute – Faculty & Research – Faculty". www.salk.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ "Joseph Ecker". biology.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ a b Trivedi, Bijal P. (27 Feb 2007). "Profile of Joseph R. Ecker". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (9): 3023–3025. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.3023T. doi:10.1073/pnas.0607124104. PMC 1805523.
- ^ "Joseph R. Ecker, PhD | HHMI.org". Retrieved 2015-09-26.
- ^ Wessler, Susan R. (2011-04-01). "The 2011 George W. Beadle Award Joseph R. Ecker". Genetics. 187 (4): 993–994. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.127852. ISSN 0016-6731. PMC 4238846.
- ^ "InsideSalk – 02|10 Issue "TIME" Ranks Epigenome Study No. 2 Scientific Discovery of 2009". Retrieved 2015-09-26.