Fred Sherman (scientist)

Fred Sherman
Born May 21, 1932
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died September 16, 2013 (2013-09-17) (aged 81)
Fields Biochemistry
Genetics
Institutions University of Rochester
Alma mater University of Minnesota
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis A Study of the Effects of Elevated Temperature on the Growth and Inheritance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1959)
Doctoral advisor Robert K. Mortimer[1]
Notable awards George W. Beadle Award (2006)[2]

Fred Sherman (May 21, 1932 – September 16, 2013) was an American scientist who pioneered the use of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model for studying the genetics and molecular biology of eukaryotic cells.[1][3][4]

Career

In 1970 Sherman co-founded with Gerald Fink the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's course in yeast genetics and molecular biology, which for many years he co-taught.[5][6]

Awards and honours

Sherman was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1985,[7] and was awarded the Genetics Society of America's George Wells Beadle Medal in 2006 for "distinguished service to the field of genetics and to the genetics community."[2][8]

References

  1. 1 2 Liebman, S. W.; Haber, J. E. (2013). "Fred Sherman (1932-2013)". Science. 342 (6162): 1059. doi:10.1126/science.1248055. PMID 24288325. (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 Hopper, A. (2005). "The 2006 George W. Beadle Medal". Genetics. 172 (2): 723–724. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.17223. PMC 1456237Freely accessible. PMID 16505215.
  3. ↑ Fink, G. R. (2014). "In Memoriam Fred Sherman--The First Yeast Molecular Biologist". Genetics. 196 (1): 363–364. doi:10.1534/genetics.113.160184. PMC 3872197Freely accessible.
  4. ↑ Kresge, N.; Simoni, R. D.; Hill, R. L. (2010). "Isolation and Characterization of Cytochrome c Mutants: The Work of Fred Sherman". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285 (36): e11. doi:10.1074/jbc.O110.000234.
  5. ↑ Sherwood, Peter W. (April 1, 2001). "The Yeast Genetics Course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Thirty Years and Counting". Genetics.org. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ Laboratory Course Manual for Methods in Yeast Genetics – Fred Sherman, Gerald R. Fink, James B. Hicks – Google Boeken. Books.google.com. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Fred Sherman". Nasonline.org. August 28, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Fred Sherman, Major Contributor to Modern Genetics, Dies – News Room – University of Rochester Medical Center". Urmc.rochester.edu. September 18, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
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