Foreign Member
Elected: 2009
Contact:
Member, David H Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Council, Institute of Medicine
Scientific Advisory Board, Novartis Institutes For BioMedical Research (Cambridge), Novartis International AG
Chair, Medical & Scientific Advisory Board, MPM Capital
Executive Committee, Coalition for the Life Sciences
Board Observer, PureTech Ventures
Chair, Board of Trustees, Society for Science and the Public
Consultant, Epizyme
Board Observer, KEW Group
Neurobiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital
Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nominations Committee Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Scientific Advisory Board, Mitokyne
Caenorhabditis elegans, Genetics, Neuroscience, Developmental biology, Neurodegenerative diseases, Basic cancer research
Jointly with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death.