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Prof. Ralph L. Brinster, Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania, will be awarded the 8th ISTT Prize for his outstanding contributions to the field of transgenic technologies. His exceptional, fruitful and highly stimulating contributions to the field of animal transgenesis are recognised with this award, presented by the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT).
The ISTT Prize Committee unanimously and wholeheartedly supported the nomination of Dr. Ralph L. Brinster for the ISTT Prize. Very few scientists have contributed as much to the field of modern animal biotechnology as Dr. Brinster did in his pioneering work in establishing, developing and advancing animal transgenesis methods and principles. This seminal work in mouse transgenesis, often done in collaboration with Richard Palmiter, laid the foundations for the field and greatly advanced our understanding of the mechanisms of gene regulation.
Dr. Brinster received his B.S. from Rutgers University in 1953, his V.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960, and his Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964. After postdoctoral training at The Jackson Laboratory and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, he joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 as Instructor. He was appointed the Richard King Mellon Professor of Physiology in 1975, a position he holds to this day. His current research interest is the study of spermatogonial stem cells.
Dr. Brinster's contributions have been recognized by numerous other prizes, including: the Charles-Léopold Mayer Prize (with R. Palmiter), the highest prize of the French Academy of Sciences (for development of transgenic animals), 1994; the First March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology (with B. Mintz) (for critical work in development of transgenic mice), 1996; the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, The Franklin Institute (for development of methods to transfer foreign genes into animals), 1997; the Ernst W. Bertner Award, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (for research discoveries enabling development of transgenic animals), 2001; the Wolf Prize in Medicine, Israel (with M. Capecchi and O. Smithies) (for introducing and modifying genes in mice), 2003; and the Gairdner Foundation International Award (for pioneering discoveries in germ line modification in mammals), 2006.
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