Fred Marshall Winston (born 1952) is the

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Professor of Genetics in the

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Genetics Department, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1983. Research in his laboratory has focused on mechanisms of transcription and the regulation of chromatin structure in the budding yeast ''

Saccharomyces cerevisiae ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' () (brewer's yeast or baker's yeast) is a species of yeast (single-celled fungus microorganisms). The species has been instrumental in winemaking, baking, and brewing since ancient times. It is believed to have been o ...

'' and the fission yeast '' Schizosaccharomyces pombe''. Dr. Winston served as the President of the

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in 2009 and has been elected to both the

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(2009) and the

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(2013). Dr. Winston has served as a Senior Editor for the

journal ''

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'' and is Chair of the GSA Publications Committee. Dr. Winston received a BA in Biology from the

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in 1974 and a PhD from the

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in 1980, where he conducted research with Dr. David Botstein on phage P22 lysogenization. He went on to conduct postdoctoral studies on ''S. cerevisiae'' transcription with Dr. Gerald Fink at

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and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.Winston F, Durbin KJ, Fink GR. (1984). The ''SPT3'' gene is required for normal transcription of Ty elements in ''S. cerevisiae''. Cell 39:675-82.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winston, Fred Living people Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni University of Chicago alumni American geneticists Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Harvard Medical School faculty Biotechnologists Academic journal editors American microbiologists 1952 births Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences