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Born | Gerald Mayer Rubin 1950 (age 73–74)[citation needed] |
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Thesis | Studies on 5.8S ribosomal RNA (1974) |
Doctoral advisor | Sydney Brenner |
Website | www |
Gerald Mayer Rubin (born 1950) is an American biologist, notable for pioneering the use of transposable P elements in genetics, and for leading the public project to sequence the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Related to his genomics work, Rubin's lab is notable for development of genetic and genomics tools and studies of signal transduction and gene regulation. Rubin also served as a vice president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2003–2020) and founding executive director of its Janelia Research Campus.[2][3][4][5]