Roy Curtiss
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Roy Curtiss, III is a professor of Genomics, Evolution, & Bioinformatics at Arizona State University
. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences
in 2001.
in 1956 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
in 1962. At Cornell, he was a member of the Quill and Dagger
society.
at Arizona State University
. He has published more than 250 articles in scholarly journals (including a proposal for uniform nomenclature for bacterial plasmids, co-authored with Royston C. Clowes, Stanley Cohen
, Naomi Datta
, Stanley Falkow
and Richard P. Novick) and has secured multiple patents.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
in 2001.
Education
Curtiss earned his B.S. degree from Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1956 and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1962. At Cornell, he was a member of the Quill and Dagger
Quill and Dagger
Quill and Dagger is a senior honor society at Cornell University. It is often recognized as one of the most prominent collegiate societies of its type, along with Skull and Bones of Yale University...
society.
Career
Roy is the director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology within the Biodesign InstituteBiodesign Institute
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University is a center specializing in bioscience infrastructure at Arizona State University. It is led by Dr. Alan Nelson, an entrepreneur and a developer of a number of medical devices...
at Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
. He has published more than 250 articles in scholarly journals (including a proposal for uniform nomenclature for bacterial plasmids, co-authored with Royston C. Clowes, Stanley Cohen
Stanley Cohen
Stan Cohen may refer to:* Stanley Cohen , American Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine* Stan Cohen , British Labour politician...
, Naomi Datta
Naomi Datta
Naomi Datta, FRS was a distinguished British geneticist. Working at Hammersmith Hospital in the 1950s and early 1960s she identified horizontal gene transfer as a source of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacteria....
, Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow
Stanley Falkow, PhD, is microbiologist and a professor of microbiology and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is sometimes referred to as the father of molecular microbial pathogenesis, which is the study of how infectious microbes and host cells interact to cause disease at...
and Richard P. Novick) and has secured multiple patents.