Rudolf Jaenisch is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal's genetic makeup is altered.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 1
Awards 16
Connected to Rudolf 6
Seymour BenzerAlso won March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
Janet RowleyAlso won Gruber Prize in Genetics
Solomon H. SnyderAlso won J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine
Kyriakos Costa NicolaouAlso won Ernst Schering PrizeZelig EshharAlso won Massry Prize
Cornelia BargmannAlso won Benjamin Franklin MedalAbout this person
Rudolf Jaenisch is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a pioneer of transgenic science, in which an animal's genetic makeup is altered. Jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer, epigenetic reprogramming and neurological diseases.
Country
GermanyCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1942 · age 84
Written about in
15 languages
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.