Joseph R. Ecker

Joseph R. Ecker is an American plant biologist and molecular biologist.[1] He is Professor of Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory and Director of the Genomic Analysis Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He holds the Salk International Council Chair in Genetics.

Joseph R Ecker
Alma materThe College of New Jersey
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Known forPlant biology and epigenetics
Awards2011 George W. Beadle Award, Genetics Society of America

2009 #2 Scientific Discovery of the Year TIME Magazine
2006 Elected Member, US National Academy of Sciences
2007 National Academy of Sciences, John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
2005 American Society of Plant Biologists, Martin Gibbs Medal
2004 International Plant Growth Substances Association Distinguished Research Award

2001 Kumho Science International Award in Plant Molecular Biology
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Doctoral advisorRichard Hyman
Websitehttp://www.salk.edu/faculty/ecker.html https://twitter.com/joeecker

He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Section of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, San Diego.[2]

Biography

Ecker completed a BA degree in biology in 1978 at The College of New Jersey.[3] He then joined the laboratory of virologist Dr. Richard Hyman and studied herpes viruses at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He joined Ronald W. Davis's lab at Stanford University. In 1987, he was appointed as an assistant professor at the Plant Science Institute at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He also served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2017.

Notable honors and awards

References
  1. "Joseph R. Ecker- Salk Institute – Faculty & Research – Faculty". www.salk.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. "Joseph Ecker". biology.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. Trivedi, Bijal P. (27 Feb 2007). "Profile of Joseph R. Ecker". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (9): 3023–3025. doi:10.1073/pnas.0607124104.
  4. "Joseph R. Ecker, PhD | HHMI.org". Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  5. Wessler, Susan R. (2011-04-01). "The 2011 George W. Beadle Award Joseph R. Ecker". Genetics. 187 (4): 993–994. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.127852. ISSN 0016-6731. PMC 4238846.
  6. "InsideSalk – 02|10 Issue "TIME" Ranks Epigenome Study No. 2 Scientific Discovery of 2009". Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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