| Jack W. Szostak AKA Jack William Szostak Born: 9-Nov-1952
Birthplace: London, England
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First artificial chromosome Geneticist and biochemist Jack W. Szostak was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his investigations into telomeres, the specialized DNA sequences at the tips of chromosomes. The award and $1.4M prize was shared with Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider. Working with Andrew Murray in 1983, Szostak developed the first artificial chromosome, and his more recent work has shown that yeast that cannot perform the ordinary telomerase reaction suffer damage to the telomeres and chromosomes over multiple generations. He has also studied the role of RNA as an enzyme in biochemical reactions, and the origin of life on the early earth. Wife: (m., two children)
High School: Riverdale High School, Pierrefonds QC, Canada
University: BS Cellular Biology, McGill University (1972)
University: PhD Biochemistry, Cornell University (1977)
Scholar: Biochemistry, Cornell University (1977-79)
Teacher: Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School (1979-84)
Teacher: Genetics, Harvard Medical School (1984-88)
Professor: Genetics, Harvard Medical School (1988-present)
National Research Council of Canada 1978
Massachusetts General Hospital (1984-present)
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
National Research Council
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Chemistry and Biology Journal Editorial Board (1994-present)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1998-present)
National Academy of Sciences 1998
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
New York Academy of Sciences 1999
National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology 1984
Genetics Society of America Medal 2000
Heineken Prize for Medicine 2008
Lasker Award 2006 (with Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider)
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2009 (with Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider)
Official Website:
http://genetics.mgh.harvard.edu/szostakweb/
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