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Name Douglas A. Melton
Address Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
U.S.A.
University Education
1971-1975 B.S. in Honors Biology
  University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
1975-1977 B.S. in Honors Biology
  University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
1980 Ph.D. in Molecular Biology Trinity College & MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
  Supervisor: J.B. Gurdon Cambridge University, England
Scientific Positions
1999-Present Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor in the Natural Sciences, Harvard University
1994-Present Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Investigator
1994-Present Associate Member, Children's Hospital Boston
1993-Present Biologist (Medicine), Massachusetts General Hospital
1988-Present Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
1987-1988 John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University
1984-1987 Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University
1981-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University
Academic Honors
Edmund J. James Scholar, University of Illinois, 1971-1975; Phi Beta Kappa, 1975
Marshall Scholarship, awarded for study at Cambridge University, 1975-1978
Max Perutz Prize, 1981
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Award, 1981
Searle Scholar Award, 1983-1986
American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Young Investigator Award, 1991
George Ledlie Prize, 1991
Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Science, 1995
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995
Member, National Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995
Honorary Member, Japanese Biochemical Society, 1996
Scientific Journals
USA Editor of Development
Editor of the journal Neurobiology
Editor of Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Editor of journal Science
Editor of Publications of the National Academy of Science
Editor of electronic journal Regenerative Medicine
Advisory Board, Genome Biology
Research field
Research in our laboratory is focused on the developmental biology of the pancreas. We wish to understand how the pancreas normally develops and use that information to grow and develop pancreatic cells (Islets of Langerhans) in culture. These goals challenge us to understand the precursors or stem cells that give rise to the pancreas and to characterize the key gene products that specify cell fates and functions during organogenesis. To this end, we use several vertebrate organisms, including frogs, chickens, and zebrafish, but the majority of our studies are done with mice. We use a wide variety of techniques including functional genomics and gene arrays for gene discovery, tissue explants and grafting for analyzing inductive signals, and developmental genetics for direct assays of gene function. The aim of all our experiments is to understand the genes and cells that direct pancreatic organogenesis.
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