Everything about Leland H Hartwell totally explained
Leland Harrison (Lee) Hartwell (born
October 30 1939, in
Los Angeles,
California) is president and director of the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in
Seattle, Washington. He won the
2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to the understanding of the
cell cycle through years of studying
yeast. Co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine were
Paul Nurse and
Tim Hunt, whose research focused on the
cyclins and other aspects of
cell division.
Hartwell received his bachelor's degree from the
California Institute of Technology in 1961. In 1964, he received his PhD in biology from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From
1965 to
1968, he worked at the
University of California as a professor. He moved to the
University of Washington in
1968. In a series of experiments from
1970 to
1971, Hartwell discovered the
cell division cycle (
CDC) genes in baker's
yeast (
Saccharomyces cerevisiae). These genes regulate the cell cycle and
mutations in the genes are involved in some types of
cancer.
In addition to the
Nobel Prize, Hartwell has received many awards and honors including the
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from
Columbia University in 1995. He became a member of the
National Academy of Sciences in
1987. In
1996, Hartwell joined the faculty of
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and in
1997 became its president and director.
In
1998 he received the
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. On
July 9,
2003,
Washington Governor
Gary Locke awarded the Medal of Merit, the state’s highest honor, to Hartwell. He is also a recipient of the
Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction.
Dr. Hartwell is the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board at the
Canary Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing new technologies for the early detection of
cancer.
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