Harary, Isaac

Biography

Harary was born on March 15, 1923 in New York City, New York; BA, Brooklyn College, 1945; Ph.D. in biochemistry, New York University, 1952; postdoctoral fellowship with the American Cancer Society (1952-55); assistant clinical professor of physiological chemistry (1955-1961); associate professor of physiological chemistry and nuclear medicine (1961-65); and professor of biological chemistry (1965-87), UCLA School of Medicine; pioneered the use of cultured (in vitro) mammalian heart cells as a model system, demonstrating that they retain cardiac functions in the single, isolated cell; his research included investigations of internal and external environmental conditions which predispose the heart cell to maintain its function, the control of myosin synthesis by metabolic and hormonal factors, the fusion of cultured skeletal cells, and the rate of calcium and cyclic AMP in cellular synthesis.

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