Nationality United States Fields Virology Name J. Bishop | Known for Oncogene Virus Alma mater Harvard University | |
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Born John Michael Bishop
February 22, 1936 (age 88) ( 1936-02-22 ) Institutions University of California, San Francisco
Heinrich Pette Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Notable awards Dickson Prize (1986)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1989)
ASCB Public Service Award (1998)
National Medal of Science (2003)
ForMemRS (2008) Education Harvard University, Gettysburg College, Harvard Medical School Books How to Win the Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science Awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Similar People Harold E Varmus, Robert Weinberg, Francis Peyton Rous, Melvyn Greaves, Elizabeth Blackburn | ||
J michael bishop how i became a scientist
John Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936) is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus and was co-winner of 1984 Alfred P. Sloan Prize. He serves as an active faculty member at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also served as Chancellor from 1998 to 2009.
Contents
- J michael bishop how i became a scientist
- J michael bishop ucsf part 3 the cancer genome and therapeutics
- Education and early life
- Career
- Awards and honors
- Archival Collections
- References
J michael bishop ucsf part 3 the cancer genome and therapeutics
Education and early life
Bishop was born in Pennsylvania. He attended Gettysburg College as an undergraduate, where he was a brother of the Theta-Pi Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. He later attended Harvard University where he earned an MD in 1962.
Career
Bishop began his career working for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a part of the National Institutes of Health. He then spent a year working for the Heinrich Pette Institute in Hamburg, Germany before joining the faculty of the University of California, San Francisco in 1968. Bishop has remained on the school's faculty since 1968, and was chancellor of the university from 1998-2009. He is Director of the Bishop Lab.
Awards and honors
Bishop is best known for his Nobel-winning work on retroviral oncogenes. Working with Harold E. Varmus in the 1980s, he discovered the first human oncogene, c-Src. Their findings allowed the understanding of how malignant tumors are formed from changes to the normal genes of a cell. These changes can be produced by viruses, by radiation, or by exposure to some chemicals.
Bishop is also a recipient of National Medal of Science in 2003. That same year, his book "How to win the Nobel Prize: An Unexpected Life in Science" was published. He was elected Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2008.
Archival Collections
The University of California, San Francisco Archives and Special Collections houses a collection of J. Michael Bishop papers, including his laboratory research notebooks, writings, photographs, and other material.
