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Ira Herskowitz

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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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

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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
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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)
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Ira Herskowitz → Google Scholar, Herskowitz Laboratory, Scientific Commons
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Ira Herskowitz → University of California, San Francisco, University of Oregon
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Ira Herskowitz → July 14, 1946
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Ira Herskowitz → April 28, 2003
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Ira Herskowitz → California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Ira Herskowitz → Geneticist, academic

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Ira HerskowitzAwardsRosenstiel Award (2002)1.00infobox
Ira HerskowitzAwardsGenetics Society of America Medal (1988)1.00infobox
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Ira HerskowitzEmployersUniversity of Oregon1.00infobox
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