signal transduction, cancer classification and genetic variation

Speakers 29 Signal transduction, cancer classification and genetic variation Eric S. Lander, Ph.D. Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research The Center for Genome Research One Kendall Square, Bldg 300, 5th Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA Dr. Lander earned his A.B. in mathematics from Princeton in 1978, and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Oxford University in 1981. Dr. Lander is a Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research. In addition to his work in biology, he was also assistant and associate professor of managerial economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration during the period of 1981-1990. Dr. Eric S. Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist and a math- ematician, with research interests in human genetics, mouse genetics, population genetics, and computational and mathematical methods in biology. He and his research group have developed many of the tools of modern genome research— including genomic maps of the human mouse and rat genomes in connection with the Human Genome project and techniques for the genetic analyses of complex, multigenic traits. He has applied these techniques to the understanding of cancer, dia- betes, hypertension, renal failure and dwarfism. Dr. Lander was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1978, received the MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship in 1987 for his work in genetics. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1990, in recogni- tion of “research on the application of mathematical and statis- tical approaches to molecular genetics.” He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1997 and the U.S. Institute of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Lander serves on and chairs numerous committees for various government agencies and sci- entific societies. © 1999 Nature America Inc. • http://genetics.nature.com © 1999 Nature America Inc. • http://genetics.nature.com

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Signal transduction, cancer classificationand genetic variation

Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchThe Center for Genome ResearchOne Kendall Square, Bldg 300, 5th FloorCambridge, Massachusetts 02139USA

Dr. Lander earned his A.B. in mathematics from Princeton in1978, and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Oxford University in1981. Dr. Lander is a Member of the Whitehead Institute forBiomedical Research, Professor of Biology at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology and Director of the WhiteheadInstitute/MIT Center for Genome Research. In addition to hiswork in biology, he was also assistant and associate professor ofmanagerial economics at the Harvard Graduate School ofBusiness Administration during the period of 1981-1990.

Dr. Eric S. Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist and a math-ematician, with research interests in human genetics, mousegenetics, population genetics, and computational and mathe-matical methods in biology. He and his research group havedeveloped many of the tools of modern genome research—including genomic maps of the human mouse and rat genomesin connection with the Human Genome project and techniquesfor the genetic analyses of complex, multigenic traits. He hasapplied these techniques to the understanding of cancer, dia-betes, hypertension, renal failure and dwarfism.

Dr. Lander was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1978, receivedthe MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship in 1987 for his workin genetics. He was elected a Fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science in 1990, in recogni-tion of “research on the application of mathematical and statis-tical approaches to molecular genetics.” He was elected to theU.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1997 and the U.S.Institute of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Lander serves on and chairsnumerous committees for various government agencies and sci-entific societies.

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