Steven D. Tanksley
| Steven Tanksley | |
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 Steven D. Tanksley, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics at Cornell University | |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Genetics |
| Alma mater |
Colorado State University University of California-Davis |
| Notable awards |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award Martin Gibbs Medal of the American Society of Plant Biologists Wolf Prize in Agriculture |
Steven Dale Tanksley is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant breeding and Biometry[1] and chair of the Genomics Initiative Task Force at Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.[2]
Education and career
Tanksley received a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Colorado State University in 1976 and a doctorate in genetics from the University of California-Davis in 1979. He joined the faculty at Cornell in 1985 as an associate professor of plant breeding, and became full professor in 1994. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences since 1995. Tanksley has received the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award, the Martin Gibbs Medal of the American Society of Plant Biologists,[3] and the Wolf Prize in Agriculture.[2] Tanksley was also awarded the Kumho International Science Award in 2005 for his work in molecular genetics.[4]
Research
In 1993 Tanksley was the head of a Cornell research group that isolated and subsequently cloned a disease resistant gene in tomato plants. The research is believed to be the first successful DNA map-based cloning.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fisher, Lawrence M. (26 November 1993). "Tomato Gene That Resists Disease Is Cloned". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CU's Steven Tanksley is a co-recipient of the prestigious Wolf Prize". Cornell Chronicle. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ↑ "Steven Tanksley - Lecture Series Biography". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ↑ "Cornell geneticist to be honored by foundation". JoongAng Daily. 29 May 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
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