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Ira Herskowitz: Research, Career, Art & Science

Ira Herskowitz (July 14, 1946 – April 28, 2003) was an American phage and yeast geneticist who studied genetic regulatory circuits and mechanisms. He was particularly noted for his work on mating type switching and cellular differentiation, largely using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism.

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Ira Herskowitz topic overview

The analysis highlights Research, Career, Art and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Ira Herskowitz.

Related topics
34
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
39
Extracted relationships
41
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
39

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Research · 15 topics
Education · 9 topics
Awards · 5 topics
Overview · 3 topics
Career · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

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Awards
MacArthur Fellows Program (1987) · Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2002) · NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (For his incisive reviews of phage biology, both literary and pictorial, that have focused and enlivened their subject for practitioners and s… · Rosenstiel Award (2002) · Genetics Society of America Medal (1988)
Education
California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Born
July 14, 1946
Died
April 28, 2003
Employers
University of California, San Francisco · University of Oregon
Occupations
Geneticist, academic

Suggested research paths

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Overview

Education

Career

Research

Awards

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Ira Herskowitz connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ira Herskowitz shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ira Herskowitz → After, Ausubel, Botstein, Brooklyn, California Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's, David Botstein, Drosophila, Ethan Signer, Frederick, He, Herskowitz, Indiana University, Irwin Herskowitz, Joel, July, Massachusetts Institute, MIT, Nancy Kleckner, New York Another extracted example is Ira Herskowitz → Genetics Society of America Medal (1988), Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize (1992), MacArthur Fellows Program (1987), Mendel Medal (1991), NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (For his incisive reviews of phage biology, both literary and pictorial, that have focused and enlivened their subject for practitioners and s…, Rosenstiel Award (2002), Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2002). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Ira Herskowitz

Top relations

related to Education · 25
Ira Herskowitz → After, Ausubel, Botstein, Brooklyn, California Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's, David Botstein, Drosophila, Ethan Signer, Frederick, He, Herskowitz, Indiana University, Irwin Herskowitz, Joel, July, Massachusetts Institute, MIT, Nancy Kleckner, New York
Awards · 7
Ira Herskowitz → Genetics Society of America Medal (1988), Howard Taylor Ricketts Prize (1992), MacArthur Fellows Program (1987), Mendel Medal (1991), NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (For his incisive reviews of phage biology, both literary and pictorial, that have focused and enlivened their subject for practitioners and s…, Rosenstiel Award (2002), Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2002)
related to External links · 3
Ira Herskowitz → Google Scholar, Herskowitz Laboratory, Scientific Commons
Employers · 2
Ira Herskowitz → University of California, San Francisco, University of Oregon
Born · 1
Ira Herskowitz → July 14, 1946
Died · 1
Ira Herskowitz → April 28, 2003
Education · 1
Ira Herskowitz → California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupations · 1
Ira Herskowitz → Geneticist, academic

Important terminology

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Important terminology

herskowitz phage yeast work genes award geneticist cell ira studied regulatory organism scientific california lambda regulation gene control cells cassette

Ira Herskowitz relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 41 structured relationships around Ira Herskowitz. Examples in this analysis include Ira Herskowitz → Awards → MacArthur Fellows Program (1987) and Ira Herskowitz → Awards → Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2002). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Ira HerskowitzAwardsMacArthur Fellows Program (1987)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsThomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2002)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsNAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (For his incisive reviews of phage biology, both literary and pictorial, that have focused and enlivened their subject for practitioners and s…1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsRosenstiel Award (2002)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsGenetics Society of America Medal (1988)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsMendel Medal (1991)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsHoward Taylor Ricketts Prize (1992)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzBornJuly 14, 19461.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzDiedApril 28, 20031.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzEducationCalifornia Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzEmployersUniversity of California, San Francisco1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzEmployersUniversity of Oregon1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzOccupationsGeneticist, academic1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ira Herskowitz bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include California, Geneticist and Institute. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Yeast
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  • mating of yeast
    • Switching
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    • Yeast
    • Cells
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    • Herskowitz

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ira Herskowitz, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ira Herskowitz with Research. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Ira Herskowitz — Research · splits 24 ⟂ 16
Ira Herskowitz — Education · splits 30 ⟂ 10
Ira Herskowitz — Awards · splits 34 ⟂ 6
Ira Herskowitz — Overview · splits 36 ⟂ 4
Ira Herskowitz — Career · splits 37 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ira Herskowitz

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples41
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ira Herskowitz to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Research, Career, Art & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ira Herskowitz · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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