Singer, Maxine.

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Birth 1931-02-15
Americans,
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Biographical Note

1931, Feb. 15 Born, New York, N.Y. 1952 Married Daniel Morris Singer B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. 1956 1958 Researched nucleic acids under Leon A. Heppel as a United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1957 Ph.D. in biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1958 1974 Researched RNA structure and synthesis and contributed to Marshall Nirenberg's work on deciphering the genetic code as a research chemist in biochemistry, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1971 1972 Studied simian virus 40 in Ernest Winocour's laboratory as visiting scientist, Department of Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 1972 1982 Editorial board member, Science magazine 1973 Cochairman, Gordon Research Conference 1975 Member of the organizing committee and cosigner of the summary statement of the Asilomar report, International (Asilomar) Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules 1975 1979 Head, Nucleic Acid Enzymology Section, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1975 1990 Trustee, Yale Corp., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 1978 Selected member, Board of Governors and Scientific Academic Advisory Committee, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 1979 1987 Chief, Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1985 1994 Director, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass. 1986 Nominated academician by Supreme Pontiff, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City 1987 1988 Research chemist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 1988 Awarded Distinguished Presidential Rank Award 1988 2002 President, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 1992 Awarded National Medal of Science 1994 Founder, Carnegie Academy for Science Education, Washington, D.C. 2007 Awarded National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal

From the guide to the Maxine Singer Papers, 1950-2004, (bulk 1970-1995), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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