Tom Rapoport
German biologist · United States · Academics · Born 1947 · age 79
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Something wrong?Tom Abraham Rapoport is a German-American cell biologist who studies protein transport in cells. Currently, he is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he grew up in East Germany.
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Tom Abraham Rapoport is a German-American cell biologist who studies protein transport in cells. Currently, he is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he grew up in East Germany. In 1995, he accepted an offer to become a professor at Harvard Medical School. In 1997, he became an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a member of the American and German National Academies of Science.
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