John T. Lis (born in

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) is the Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology & Genetics at the

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. Dr. Lis was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2000 for his research on protein templating in the propagation of gene activity. * Harvey Lecture, 2018

Research

Dr. Lis has been a faculty member at Cornell University since 1978 obtaining full professorship in 1991. His research program has been supported by the

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, including a MERIT Award, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Cornell Biotechnology Institute, and a

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University Exploratory Research Grant. Dr. Lis is the director of the Lis Lab which investigates molecular mechanisms of

gene regulation Regulation of gene expression, or gene regulation, includes a wide range of mechanisms that are used by cells to increase or decrease the production of specific gene products (protein or RNA). Sophisticated programs of gene expression are wi ...

in eukaryotes using as a primary model the robustly and rapidly activated heat shock genes.

Education

Dr. Lis received his

B.S. A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...

in Chemistry from Fairfield University 1970 and his

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Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

from

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

in 1975. He completed his postdoctoral work at Stanford University from 1975 to 1978 focusing on

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and

chromosome structure Eukaryotic chromosome structure refers to the levels of packaging from raw DNA molecules to the chromosomal structures seen during metaphase in mitosis or meiosis. Chromosomes contain long strands of DNA containing genetic information. Compared to ...

, during which he was supported by a fellowship from the

Helen Hay Whitney Foundation The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, established in New York in 1943 by Joan Whitney Payson in cooperation with the estate planning of her mother, Helen Hay Whitney (1875–1944), awards the "Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship" for support ...

.Endowed Professorships

References

External links

Cornell University Faculty Profile: John T. LisLis Lab Website
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