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Lynn W. Enquist
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Lynn W. Enquist
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Area(s) of expertise: Biology, molecular genetics, viruses.
Language(s) spoken: English
Contact Information:
202-326-6440
scipak@aaas.org
PIO Contact: Ginger Pinholster
202-326-6440
gpinhols@aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Lynn W. Enquist, Ph.D., is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Molecular Biology at Princeton University. He has published over 180
articles or books and is an inventor on four US patents. He is the
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Virology, President of the American
Society for Virology, a member of the AAAS board of directors, and has
served as a member and chairman of several NIH grant review panels. He
co-taught the Cold Spring Harbor summer course on Advanced Bacterial
Genetics from 1980-1985. He is one of four authors of a virology textbook
entitled: Principles of Virology, Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and
Control. He was awarded the President's Award for Teaching Excellence at
Princeton in 2001 for his course entitled "Viruses: Strategy and Tactics."
Dr. Enquist's 30 year career experience has spanned research work in
government laboratories at the NIH, heading research at Molecular Genetics,
Inc. (one of the first biotechnology companies), designing novel
applications of viruses for DuPont corporate research, participating in drug
discovery research for DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals as a senior research
fellow, to his current position as Professor of Molecular Biology at
Princeton University. His NIH-funded research is devoted to understanding
how viruses invade and cause disease in the nervous system as well as
developing viruses as tools to study the vertebrate nervous system.
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