Arthur D. Lander,
M.D.
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,
Ph.D.
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is Director of the Center for Complex Biological Systems at the
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...
.
Education
He was born in
Brooklyn
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,
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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, and is an alumnus of
John Dewey High School
John Dewey High School is a public school in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded and based on the educational principles of John Dewey. The school, under the supervision of the New York City Department of Education, was named a Ne ...
there. He received a
Bachelor of Arts
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from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
and a combined M.D., Ph.D. from the
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It cond ...
, under the direction of
Louis Reichardt
Louis French Reichardt (born June 4, 1942) is a noted American neuroscientist and mountaineering, mountaineer, the first American to summit both Everest and K2. He was also director of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, the largest ...
. His first faculty position was jointly in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Department of Biology at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
. He moved as Professor to Irvine in 1995.
Research
Lander's research is focused on the
Systems Biology
Systems biology is the computational modeling, computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological syst ...
of Development, and deals with topics in
Developmental Biology
Developmental biology is the study of the process by which animals and plants grow and develop. Developmental biology also encompasses the biology of Regeneration (biology), regeneration, asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and di ...
,
Cell Biology
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, Mathematical &
Computational Biology
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,
Glycobiology
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,
Neurobiology
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, and Engineering for example, of
Laminin
Laminins are a family of glycoproteins of the extracellular matrix of all animals. They are major components of the basal lamina (one of the layers of the basement membrane), the protein network foundation for most cells and organs. The laminins ...
.
Academic service
Lander serves on the
editorial boards
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of
PLOS Biology
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In ad ...
and the
Journal of Biology
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, is a member of the
American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Organization and purpose
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, a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respons ...
, and a member of the Science Board of the
Santa Fe Institute (SFI).
Personal
His brother,
Eric Lander
Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist who served as the 11th director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President, serving on the presidential Cabinet. Lan ...
, is a geneticist and Professor of Biology at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
(MIT), former member of the
Whitehead Institute
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is a non-profit research institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States that is dedicated to improving human health through basic biomedical research. It was founded as a fiscally indepen ...
, and founding director of the
Broad Institute
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of
MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the mo ...
and
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
. His wife, Anne Calof, is a professor in the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology at Irvine.
References
Further reading
Member profilein ''American Society for Cell Biology Newsletter'', 2001.
Living people
John Dewey High School alumni
Yale University alumni
University of California, San Francisco alumni
Santa Fe Institute people
21st-century American biologists
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Scientists from New York (state)
1958 births
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