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Gerald M. Rubin

American biologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1950 · age 76

Gerald Mayer Rubin is an American biologist, notable for pioneering the use of transposable P elements in genetics, and for leading the public project to sequence the Drosophila melanogaster genome.

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A life in dates

2007Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2003George W. Beadle AwardAward1993Howard Taylor Ricketts PrizeAward1986Genetics Society of America MedalAward1985NAS Award in Molecular BiologyAward1950Born

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Drosophila Melanogaster, the object of Rubin's science

Awards

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2007

George W. Beadle Award2003

Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize1993

Genetics Society of America Medal1986

NAS Award in Molecular Biology1985

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Related to his genomics work, Rubin's lab is notable for development of genetic and genomics tools and studies of signal transduction and gene regulation. Rubin also served as a vice president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2003-2020) and founding executive director of its Janelia Research Campus.

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