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Randy Wayne Schekman is an American cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, former editor-in-chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor of Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology. In 2011, he was announced as the editor of eLife, a new high-profile open-access journal published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society…
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Born 30 December 1948 · Q740638
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The research community tends towards an over-reliance in assessing research by the journal in which it appears, or the impact factor of that journal. In a survey Nature Publishing Group conducted this year of over 20,000 scientists, the three most important factors in choosing a journal to submit to were: the reputation of the journal; the relevance of the journal content to their discipline; and the journal
practices and calls on others in the scientific community to take action.
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“The research community tends towards an over-reliance in assessing research by the journal in which it appears, or the impact factor of that journal. In a survey Nature Publishing Group conducted this year of over 20,000 scientists, the three most important factors in choosing a journal to submit to were: the reputation of the journal; the relevance of the journal content to their discipline; and the journal”
“practices and calls on others in the scientific community to take action.”
Nature: Randy Schekman
Yahoo: Randy Schekman on AI, philanthropy and politics in science
EurekAlert!: The Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Randy Schekman advocates collaborative research and considers ethics training essential for early-career researchers (VIDEO)
Was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova
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EurekAlert!: Randy Schekman Talks on iBiology.org (IMAGE)
Schekman was elected honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, with which he has been collaborating since 2019
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Scientific American: Stories by Randy Schekman
Schekman received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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news.ucsc: Biologist Randy Schekman to give annual Sinsheimer Lecture on May 5
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.
The Daily Californian: Nobel laureate Randy Schekman advocates open access during event Monday
Longview News-Journal: Randy Schekman, Nicholas Dirks
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2013).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2013).
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Won Otto Warburg Medal (2013).
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Max Planck Society: Randy Schekman to Lead New Journal
Was announced as the editor of eLife, a new high-profile open-access journal published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Society and the Wellcome Trust, launching in 2012
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Awarded Massry Prize (2010).
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Won E. B. Wilson Medal (2010).
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Awarded Clarivate Citation Laureates (2009).
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Awarded Dickson Prize in Medicine (2008).
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Was named the first Miller Senior Fellow of the Miller Institute at the University of California Berkeley
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Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007).
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Won Van Deenen Medal (2007).
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Awarded Keith R. Porter Lecture (2005).
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Awarded Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2002).
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Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2002).
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Schekman received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research and Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize of Columbia University, along with James Rothman, for their discovery of cellular membrane trafficking, a process that c
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1996).
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Awarded Rosenstiel Award (1993).
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Was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences
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Schekman received the Eli Lilly Award in Microbiology
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From Stanford University for research on DNA replication, working with Arthur Kornberg
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Studied at Stanford University, Doctor of Philosophy (1975).
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Born 1948-12-30.
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