Laura Landweber | |
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| Alma mater | Princeton University A.B., Harvard University Ph.D. |
| Known for | RNA mediated epigenetic control, unusual genome organisation, genome evolution, computational molecular biology, DNA computers |
| Spouse | Steven Gubser[1] |
| Children | 3[1] |
| Awards | 2001 - Tulip Award for DNA Computing, 2005, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008. Regional Award Winner Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists from The New York Academy of Sciences, 2012 - Guggenheim Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | evolution of genomes, DNA computers, structure and function of unusual genomes in Oxytrichia and other organisms |
| Institutions | Columbia University, Princeton University |
| Thesis | "RNA editing and the evolution of mitochondrial DNA in kinetoplastid protozoa." (1993) |
Laura Faye Landweber is an American evolutionary biologist. As of 2016[update], she is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and of biological sciences at Columbia University. Previously, she was a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. She specializes in RNA-mediated epigenetic inheritance and molecular evolution.
- ^ a b McClain, Dylan Loeb (September 6, 2019). "Steven Gubser, a Bright Star in the Physics Universe, Dies at 47". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2019.