Marc Kirschner

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American biologist

United States AcademicsBorn 1945 · age 81

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Marc Wallace Kirschner is an American cell biologist and biochemist and the founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School.

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2015Harvey Prize

2009Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

2004Dickson Prize in Science

2003E. B. Wilson Medal

2001Canada Gairdner International Award

2001William C. Rose Award

1999Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1996ASCB Public Service Award

1991Richard Lounsbery Award

1988Keith R. Porter Lecture

1986Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize

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George GekasAlso won ASCB Public Service Award

Rowena Green MatthewsAlso won William C. Rose Award Joseph SchlessingerAlso won Keith R. Porter Lecture

Arthur L. HorwichAlso won E. B. Wilson Medal

Claire WyartAlso won Richard Lounsbery Award Benjamin WidomAlso won Dickson Prize in Science

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Marc Wallace Kirschner is an American cell biologist and biochemist and the founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. He is known for major discoveries in cell and developmental biology related to the dynamics and function of the cytoskeleton, the regulation of the cell cycle, and the process of signaling in embryos, as well as the evolution of the vertebrate body plan. He is a leader in applying mathematical approaches to biology. He is the John Franklin Enders University Professor at Harvard University. In 1989 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. In 2021 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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