Name: 

Susan Gottesman

 

Education: 

    1967 B.A.   -- magna cum laude, Radcliffe College
    1972 Ph.D. -- Harvard University

Brief chronology of employment: 

    1971-1974    -- Postdoctoral Fellow, under the direction of Dr.
                                Max Gottesman, Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
                                National Cancer Institute, NIH

    1974-1976    -- Research Associate, in the laboratory of Dr. David
                                Botstein, Department of Biology, M.I.T.

    1976-1985    -- Research Chemist; senior investigator in Laboratory
                                of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH

    1985-1986    -- Acting Chief, Biochemical Genetics Section,
                                Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National
                                Cancer Institute, NIH

    1987-present -- Chief, Biochemical Genetics Section, Laboratory of
                                Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH

Societies: 

    1963  National Merit Scholar

    1969  National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow

    1971  Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical 
              Research Postdoctoral Fellow

    1989  NIH Director's Award

    1993  Elected to American Academy of Microbiology

    1995  PHS Superior Service Award

    1995  NIH Merit Award

Boards, comittees and professional organisations: 

    American Society for Microbiology
              Chairman:  Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1985-1986
              Division Group Representative, 1988-1990
              Chair:  Ethical Practices Committee, 1991-1997

    Genetics Society of America; Member

    American Association for the Advancement of Science;
              Council Member, 1992-1995

    American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology;
              Council Member, 1992-1995

    NIH Recombinant DNA Molecular Program Advisory Committee (RAC);
              member, 1978-1987
              RAC Risk Assessment Subcommittee, Phage Working Group
              RAC Human Gene Therapy Working Group
              Chairman:  RAC Working Group on Major Revisions of the Guidelines

    Chair:  Gordon Conference on Biological Regulatory Mechanisms, 1986

    EPA Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee; member 1987-1989
              Chair:  Subcommittee on Premanufacture Notification, 1995

    NIH ORS Advisory Committee; member, 1986-1989

    Board of Scientific Advisors, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for
              Medical Research, 1988-1996

    NSF Advisory Panel for Prokaryotic Genetics, 1988-1989

    Ad Hoc Member, NIH Microbial Physiology and Genetics Study Section,
              1994

    HHMI Research Scholars Advisory Program Panel Committee, 1989-1992

    HHMI Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
              Review Committee, 1995-1997

    Chair:  FAES - Johns Hopkins University Cooperative Ph.D. Program
              Committee, 1994-present

    Fogarty International Center Scholars Advisory Panel, 1990-1994
              Chair, 1992-1994

    Co-organizer-Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Moleclar Genetics of
              Bacteria and Phage, 1991-1995

Editorial responsibilities: 

    Editorial Board, Journal of Bacteriology, 1987-1989

    Associate Editor, Journal of Bacteriology, 1989-1999

    Editorial Board - Genes & Development, 1992-present

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