Fred Sherman (scientist)

Fred Sherman
Born May 21, 1932
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died September 16, 2013
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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hopper, A. (2005). "The 2006 George W. Beadle Medal". Genetics 172 (2): 723–724. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.17223. PMC 1456237. 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. PMID 24395826.
  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.