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Encyclopedia > David Botstein

David Botstein (b. 1942) is an American Biologist who has been the director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princton University since 2003.


He graduated from Harvard in 1963 and received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1967. He then taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where to become the Professor of Genetics. In 1990, he became Chairman of the Department of Genetics at Stanford University. He has also worked for Genentech, as the Vice President - Science. Dr. Botstein was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1981 and to the Institute of Medicine in 1993. Harvard University campus (old map) Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is one of the worlds leading research institutions in science and technology. ... Stanford redirects here. ... Genentech, Inc. ... The Institute of Medicine, a part of the National Academy of Sciences, is an American organization whose purpose is to provide national advice on issues relating to biomedical science, medicine, and health (National Academy of Sciences, n. ...


He has won the Eli Lilly Award in Microbiology (1978), the Genetics Society of America Medal (1988) and the Allen Award of the American Society of Human Genetics (1989). One of the worlds largest corporations, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Indianapolis,Indiana, USA. A Fortune 500 corporation, the company had revenues of $12. ...


He is the brother of Leon Botstein. Leon Botstein, as photographed during a February 2004 interview with WXBC Radio Bard. ...



 
 

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