James A. Shapiro
James Alan Shapiro (born May 18, 1943) is an American biologist, an expert in bacterial genetics and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago.
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James A. Shapiro in 2013 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Churchill College, Cambridge University, England |
| Known for | Natural genetic engineering, first isolation of a gene, cooperative behavior in bacteria, pattern formation |
| Awards | Marshall Scholarship (1964-1966), Darwin Prize (University of Edinburgh) 1993, AAAS Fellow 1994, Honorary OBE 2001 |
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| Fields | Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry |
| Institutions | University of Chicago; Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut Pasteur, France; Harvard Medical School; Brandeis University; Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Visiting Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge University, England |
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