Joachim Messing | |
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| Born | Joachim Wilhelm Messing September 10, 1946 Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Died | September 13, 2019 (aged 73) Somerset, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Free University of Berlin, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
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| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | University of California, Davis, University of Minnesota, Rutgers University |
Joachim Wilhelm "Jo" Messing (September 10, 1946 – September 13, 2019) was a German-American biologist who was a professor of molecular biology and the fourth director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University.[1]
Upon his arrival at Rutgers in 1985, Jo Messing initiated research activity on computational and structural biology and further emphasis on molecular genetics of the regulation of gene expression and biomolecular interactions.[2] In the eighties, he provided incubator space for two Biotechnology centers at Rutgers, one in Medicine and one in Agriculture.[3] Subsequently, he also founded two new departments at Rutgers and served as the first chair, the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and the Department of Genetics.
Messing was also involved in the Plant Genome Initiative at Rutgers, which has contributed to the sequencing of the maize, sorghum, and the rice genome.[4][5] Besides maize, sorghum, and rice, they have also contributed to the sequencing of the Brachypodium[6] and Spirodela genomes.[7]
Messing died at his home in Somerset, New Jersey on September 13, 2019, three days after his 73rd birthday.[8]
- ^ "The Waksman Institute homepage". Waksman.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "The History of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology". Waksman.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-07-08. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ "The Waksman Institute's Annual Report 2006–2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ Maize genome.org, A Website about Maize Genome Sequencing Projects
- ^ "Graduate programs in Molecular Biosciences at Rutgers". Lifesci.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ^ International Brachypodium Initiative (February 11, 2010). "Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon". Nature. 463 (7282): 763–8. Bibcode:2010Natur.463..763T. doi:10.1038/nature08747. PMID 20148030.
- ^ Wang W, Messing J (February 19, 2014). "The Spirodela polyrhiza genome reveals insights into its neotenous reduction fast growth and aquatic lifestyle". Nature Communications. 5 (3311): 3311. Bibcode:2014NatCo...5.3311W. doi:10.1038/ncomms4311. PMC 3948053. PMID 24548928.
- ^ Sheikh, Knvul (September 27, 2019). "Joachim Messing, 73, Who Charted the DNA of Viruses and Plants, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2019.