Gerald M. Rubin

Gerald Rubin
Gerald Rubin
Born	Gerald Mayer Rubin; 1950 (age 73–74)
Alma mater	MIT (BS); University of Cambridge (Ph.D);
Awards	Newcomb Cleveland Prize (1983, 2000); NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1985); Genetics Society of America Medal (1986); Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1987); George W. Beadle Award (2003);
	Scientific career
Fields	Genetics; Neuroscience;
Institutions	Janelia Research Campus; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology;
Thesis	Studies on 5.8S ribosomal RNA (1974)
Doctoral advisor	Sydney Brenner
Website	www.hhmi.org/scientists/gerald-m-rubin

Gerald Mayer Rubin (born 1950) is an American biologist, notable for pioneering the use of transposable P elements in genetics, and for leading the public project to sequence the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Related to his genomics work, Rubin's lab is notable for development of genetic and genomics tools and studies of signal transduction and gene regulation. Rubin also serves as a vice president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and executive director of the Janelia Research Campus.

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