Michael Patrick Sheetz is a cell biologist, a pioneer of mechanobiology and biomechanics, and a key contributor to the discovery of kinesin. He serves as the Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, the department of biochemistry and molecular biology. He is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Cell Biology at Columbia University, former distinguished professor and the founding director of the Mechanobiology Institute at the National University of Singapore, and former professor at Washington University in St. Louis and chairman at Duke University.
In 1968, Sheetz earned a bachelor's degree at Albion College, and in 1972 received his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology.
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Awards
- 2012 Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences[1]
- 2012 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research[2]
- 2013 Massry Prize
- 2014 Keith R. Porter Lecture to American Society for Cell Biology[3]
References
- ^ "Eleventh Annual Wiley Prize In Biomedical Sciences Awarded To Dr. Michael Sheetz, Dr. James Spudich, And Dr. Ronald Vale". Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
- ^ Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research 2012 Winners bei der Lasker Foundation (laskerfoundation.org); retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "Keith R. Porter Lecture Award". ASCB. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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