Bert Vogelstein | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | June 2, 1949
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Known for | p53, Vogelgram, somatic evolution in cancer |
Spouse | Ilene Vogelstein |
Children | R. Jacob Vogelstein, Joshua T. Vogelstein, and one more, Grandchildren: 5 |
Awards | Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)[1] Warren Triennial Prize (2014)[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Oncology, Pathology |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Doctoral students | |
Website | www |
Bert Vogelstein (born 1949) is director of the Ludwig Center, Clayton Professor of Oncology and Pathology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at The Johns Hopkins Medical School and Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.[4] A pioneer in the field of cancer genomics, his studies on colorectal cancers revealed that they result from the sequential accumulation of mutations in oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. These studies now form the paradigm for modern cancer research and provided the basis for the notion of the somatic evolution of cancer.