Paul Berg
Curriculum Vitae
| Born: | Brooklyn, NY, June 30, 1926 |
| Address: | 838 Santa Fe Ave., Stanford, CA 94305 |
| Education | |
| 1948 | B.S., Pennsylvania State University |
| 1952 | Ph.D., Western Reserve University |
| Professional Background | |
| 1950-52 | Predoctoral Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health. |
| 1952-54 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American Cancer Society Dr. H. M. Kalckar, Institute of Cytophysiology, Copenhagen, Denmark Dr. Arthur Kornberg, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, M |
| 1954 | Scholar in Cancer Research, American Cancer Society, Department of Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine |
| 1955-59 | Assistant to Associate Professor of Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine |
| 1959-60 | Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| 1960-69 | Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| 1969-74 | Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine |
| 1970-94 | Sam, Lulu and Jack Willson Professor of Biochemistry |
| 1973-83 | Non-Resident Fellow of Salk Institute |
| 1985-2000 | Director, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine |
| 1994-2000 | 1994-2000 Vivian K. and Robert W. Cahill Professor in Biochemistry and Cancer Research |
| 2000-present | Cahill Professor in Biochemistry , Emeritus, and Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Emeritus |
| Honors | |
| Eli Lilly Award in Biochemistry (1959) | |
| California Scientist of the Year (1963) | |
| National Academy of Sciences (1966) | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966) | |
| Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching at Stanford University School of Medicine (1969, 1972) | |
| Distinguished Alumnus Award, Pennsylvania State University | |
| V.D. Mattia Prize of the Roche Institute for Molecular Biology | |
| Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Science (1974) | |
| President, American Society of Biological Chemists (1975) | |
| Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Rochester and Yale University (1978) | |
| Sarasota Medical Awards for Achievement and Excellence (1979) | |
| Annual Award of the Gairdner Foundation (1980) | |
| Nobel Award in Chemistry (1980) | |
| Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (1980) | |
| New York Academy of Sciences Award (1980) | |
| Foreign Member, French Academy of Sciences (1981) | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award (1982) | |
| National Medal of Science (1983) | |
| American Philosophical Society (1983) | |
| Associate Member of EMBO (1984) | |
| Honorary Doctor of Science, Washington University, St. Louis (1986) | |
| National Library of Medicine Medal (1986) | |
| American Academy of Achievement (1988) | |
| Honorary Doctor of Science, Oregon State University (1989) | |
| Special Achievement Award, Odyssey Biomedical Corporation | |
| Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (1991) | |
| Honorary Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of the Russian Federal Republic (1991) | |
| Foreign Member of the Royal Society, London (1992) | |
| Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (1992) | |
| Honorary Member Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (1992) | |
| Honorary Member AMBO/AMBL (1994) | |
| Honorary Doctor of Science, Pennsylvania State University (1995) | |
| Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996) | |
| Sustained Leadership at National Level, Research! America (2003) | |
| Special Appointments | |
| Member, Board of Scientific Advisors of Jane Coffin Childs Foundation for Medical Research | |
| Member, Advisory Boards to National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, National Science Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University | |
| Elected to the Council of National Academy of Science | |
| Member and Chairman, International Advisory Board of the Basel Institute of Immunology | |
| Chairman, Whitehead Institute Board of Advisory Scientists | |
| Chairman, National Advisory Committee, Human Genome Project | |
| Trustee, Rockefeller University | |
| Chairman, Board of Directors, National Foundation for Biomedical Research | |
| Chairman, Public Policy Committee, American Society for Cell Biology | |
| Advisory Editorial Board, Molecular Medicine Today | |
| Advisory Panel, Human Genome Education Program | |
| Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Beckman Foundation | |
| NAS-CSIS Roundtable on Biotechnology and Bioterrorism | |
* This CV was provided by the Laureate in March, 2004.
Selected Bibliography
1. Physical and Genetic Characterization of Deletion Mutants of Simian Virus 40 Constructed In Vitro. Charles Cole, Terry Landers, Stephen Goff, Simone Manteuil-Brutlag, and Paul Berg. J. Virol., 24: 277 – 294 (1977).
2. A Biochemical Method for Inserting New Genetic Information into SV40 DNA: Circular SV40 DNA Molecules Containing Lambda Phage Genes and the Galactose Operon of E. coli. David A. Jackson, Robert H. Symons, and Paul Berg. Proc. Nat. Sci. USA, 69, 2904 (1972).
3. Construction of Hybrid Viruses Containing SV40 and Lambda Phage DNA Segments and Their Propagation in Cultured Monkey Cells. Stephen P. Goff, and Paul Berg. Cell, 9:695 (1976).
4. Synthesis of Rabbit b-Globin in Cultured Monkey Kidney Cells Following Infection with a SV40 b-Globin Recombinant Genome. R.C. Mulligan, B.H. Howard, and Paul Berg. Nature, 277, 108 – 114 ( 1979).
5. Expression of a Bacterial Gene in Mammalian Cells. R.C. Mulligan and Paul Berg, Science 209, 1422 – 1427 (1980).
Paul Berg died on 15 February 2023.
Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
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