Business Wire: UCSD John B. West Distinguished Lecture Series, Sponsored by MediPines, to Feature Nobel Laureate Dr. Gregg L. Semenza
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Gregg Leonard Semenza is an American pediatrician and Professor of Genetic Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the vascular program at the Institute for Cell Engineering. He is a 2016 recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research. He is known for his discovery of HIF-1, which allows cancer cells to adapt to oxygen-poor environments. He s…
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Born 12 July 1956 · Q1545025
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Business Wire: UCSD John B. West Distinguished Lecture Series, Sponsored by MediPines, to Feature Nobel Laureate Dr. Gregg L. Semenza
Additional papers in PNAS and Oncogene were retracted
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Retracted four papers from PNAS, according to Retraction Watch
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2019).
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Awarded Massry Prize (2018).
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Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2016).
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Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,422 times.
Awarded Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation (2012).
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Awarded Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award (2012).
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Semenza retracted a Biochemical Journal paper that he had coauthored with Naoki Mori and others
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (2010).
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Published “Targeting HIF-1 for cancer therapy” in Nature Reviews Cancer — cited 5,556 times.
Awarded E. Mead Johnson Award (2000).
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Published “Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 is a basic-helix-loop-helix-PAS heterodimer regulated by cellular O2 tension.” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 5,113 times.
Born 1956-07-12.
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In Flushing, New York City; he and his four siblings grew up in Westchester County, New York
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