Paul Daniel Schedl (born November 7, 1947, in Iowa City,
Iowa) is a Professor of
Molecular Biology at
Princeton University.
Schedl has made significant contributions to the field of the control of gene expression in developmental systems using the model system ''
Drosophila melanogaster''. On the genomic level, his lab has uncovered the mechanisms of
chromatin regulation by the Polycomb and trithorax group genes. At the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level, he made discoveries in the regulation of alternative splicing of the
sex determination gene, ''Sxl''.
At the level of translational control, he discovered the function of the ''orb'' and ''orb2'' gene in early development.
Schedl obtained his PhD in 1975 at
Stanford University
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Early life
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postdoctoral fellow in
Walter Gehring's lab at the
University of Basel,
Switzerland
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. Schedl has been a member of the faculty at Princeton University since 1978.
As of 2006, Schedl has published 132 papers, mentored 28 graduate students, sponsored 25 postdoctoral fellows and collaborated with 79 scientists.
Schedl was born to Harold Schedl, a professor of chemistry at
the University of Iowa, and Naomi Schedl, a professor of art. He has two brothers, Andrew Schedl and
Timothy Schedl.
References
External links
Paul Schedl's Official WebpageSchedl Lab Webpage
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Living people
1947 births
American molecular biologists
Princeton University faculty
University of Chicago alumni
Stanford University alumni
Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences