Gideon Dreyfuss | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (undergraduate), Harvard University (PhD), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Post-doctoral) |
| Known for | Discovering and naming several hnRNP's and the proteins associated with SMN, for which loss of function is the primary cause of SMA, |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Academy of Sciences, Northwestern University (formerly) |
| Thesis | On cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases (1978) |
| Doctoral advisor | Elkan Blout |
| Other academic advisors | David Baltimore |
Gideon Dreyfuss is an American biochemist, the Isaac Norris Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2012.[1]
Dreyfuss received his Ph.D. in biological chemistry in 1978 from Harvard University and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.