David Botstein

David Botstein
BornSeptember 8, 1942 (1942-09-08) (age 82)
Zurich, Switzerland
Alma materHarvard University
University of Michigan
Known forGenetic linkage map using restriction fragment length polymorphisms
RelativesLeon Botstein (brother)
AwardsEli Lilly and Company Award in Microbiology (1978)
Genetics Society of America Medal (1988)[1]
Allan Award of the American Society of Human Genetics (1989)
Rosenstiel Award (1991)
Novartis-Drew Award (2003)
Gruber Prize in Genetics (2003)
Albany Medical Center Prize (2010)
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013)
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (2013)
Double Helix Medal (2015)[2]
Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics
InstitutionsMIT
Stanford University
Genentech
Princeton University
ThesisThe Synthesis and Maturation of Phage-P22 DNA (1967)
Doctoral studentsOlga Troyanskaya[3]
Fred Winston
Douglas Koshland
Tim Stearns
Other notable studentsMichael Eisen (postdoc)
Websitewww.princeton.edu/genomics/botstein
molbio.princeton.edu/faculty/molbio-faculty/96-botstein

David Botstein (born September 8, 1942) is an American biologist who is the chief scientific officer of Calico. He was the director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University[4][5][6][7] from 2003 to 2013, where he remains an Anthony B. Evnin Professor of Genomics.

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  2. ^ "2015 Double Helix Medal recipient Dr. David Botstein". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. November 12, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Mullins, J.; Morrison Mckay, B. (2011). "International Society for Computational Biology Honors Michael Ashburner and Olga Troyanskaya with Top Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Awards for 2011". PLOS Computational Biology. 7 (6): e1002081. Bibcode:2011PLSCB...7E2081M. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002081. PMC 3107244.
  4. ^ "Princeton University - Department of Molecular Biology - David Botstein". Archived from the original on November 27, 2006. Retrieved November 8, 2006. David Botstein at Princeton Department of Molecular Biology
  5. ^ https://www.princeton.edu/genomics/botstein/ Botstein Laboratory Princeton
  6. ^ Gitschier, J. (2006). "Willing to Do the Math: An Interview with David Botstein". PLOS Genetics. 2 (5): e79. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0020079. PMC 1464829. PMID 16733551.
  7. ^ "The Daily Princetonian - Mapping the path of genetics". Archived from the original on October 20, 2006. Retrieved October 19, 2006. The Daily Princetonian – Mapping the path of genetics