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| Born | Robert Gayle Roeder June 3, 1942 Boonville, Indiana, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Washington, University of Illinois, Wabash College |
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| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis Rockefeller University |
| Thesis | Multiple RNA Polymerases and RNA Synthesis in Eukaryotic Systems (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | William J. Rutter |
| Other academic advisors | Donald D. Brown |
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Robert G. Roeder (born June 3, 1942, in Boonville, Indiana, United States) is an American biochemist. He is known as a pioneer scientist in eukaryotic transcription. He discovered three distinct nuclear RNA polymerases in 1969 [1] and characterized many proteins involved in the regulation of transcription, including basic transcription factors and the first mammalian gene-specific activator over five decades of research.[2] He is the recipient of the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 2000, the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 2003, and the Kyoto Prize in 2021. He currently serves as Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University.
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pmid5344598was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Roeder RG (September 2019). "50+ years of eukaryotic transcription: an expanding universe of factors and mechanisms". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26 (9): 783–791. doi:10.1038/s41594-019-0287-x. PMC 6867066. PMID 31439941.