Thomas J. Silhavy (born 1948) is the Warner-Lambert Parke-Davis Professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. Silhavy is a bacterial geneticist who has made fundamental contributions to several different research fields. He is best known for his work on protein secretion, membrane biogenesis, and signal transduction. Using Escherichia coli as a model system, his lab was the first to isolate signal sequence mutations, identify a component of cellular protein secretion machinery, discover an integral membrane component of the outer membrane assembly machinery, and to identify and characterize a two-component regulatory system.[1] Current work in his lab is focused on the mechanisms of outer membrane biogenesis and the regulatory systems that sense and respond to envelope stress and trigger the developmental pathway that allows cells to survive starvation. He is the author of more than 200 research articles and three books.
Thomas J. Silhavy | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Awards | Edward Novitski Prize in 2008 |
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| Fields | Molecular biology |
| Institutions | Princeton University |
Silhavy was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005.[2]
Honors
edit- 2016 American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement Award[3]
- 2011–2021 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Bacteriology[4]
- 2008 Genetics Society of America Novitski Prize[5]
- 2008 Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)[6]
- 2005 Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences[7]
- 2005 Member of the National Academy of Sciences[8]
- 2002 Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award from American Society for Microbiology[9]
Trainees
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editReferences
edit- ^ "National Academy of Sciences". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ Alberts, Bruce; Fulton, Kenneth R. (May 17, 2005). "Election to the National Academy of Sciences: Pathways to membership". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102 (21). National Academy of Sciences: 7405–7406. doi:10.1073/pnas.0503457102. PMC 1140467. PMID 16586925.
- ^ Reviews, Annual (2016-06-17). "Congrats to AR author Thomas Silhavy for being awarded the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award. #ASMMicrobe2016". @AnnualReviews. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "ASM Announces Appointments of Two New Editors In Chief for JB and AEM". journals.asm.org. American Society for Microbiology. August 2011. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ *Thorner, Jeremy W (March 2008). "The 2008 Novitski Prize". Genetics. 178 (3): 1135–6. doi:10.1534/genetics.104.017831. PMC 2278103. PMID 18385107. retrieved 2010-08-12
- ^ "New EMBO Members 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-08-12. retrieved 2010-08-12
- ^ "Academy Elects 225th Class of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members". www.amacad.org. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. April 26, 2005. Archived from the original on November 6, 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
- ^ "Thomas Silhavy". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award Past Laureates | Professional Development". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-08-16. retrieved 2010-08-16