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Molecular Biology

D-Index
151
Citations
97966
World Ranking
83
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Robert Koch Gold Medal
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - William Allan Award, the American Society of Human Genetics
  • 1989 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his innovative studies that have significantly advanced knowledge and provided new directions for research in molecular genetics, immunology and cancer etiology.", Presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.
  • 1987 - Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Lasker Foundation
  • 1985 - Genetics Society of America Medal
  • 1983 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1981 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for his series of notable contributions in molecular genetics which help to explain the means by which genetic information is organized and used to direct the synthesis of specific cell products.
  • 1979 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Philip Leder was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Throughout their career, they received numerous prestigious awards recognizing contributions to molecular genetics, immunology, and cancer etiology.

Among the honors awarded were the Robert Koch Gold Medal in 2008 and election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002. They were also the recipient of the William Allan Award from the American Society of Human Genetics in 1997.

Earlier in their career, they received the US President's National Medal of Science in 1989. This award cited their innovative studies that significantly advanced knowledge and provided new directions for research in molecular genetics, immunology, and cancer etiology. The medal was presented by President Bush at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1989.

The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research was granted to them in 1987. In addition, the Genetics Society of America Medal was awarded in 1985, and they became a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1983.

They also received the Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences in 1981. This was for a series of notable contributions in molecular genetics explaining how genetic information is organized and directs the synthesis of specific cell products. Membership in the National Academy of Sciences was conferred in 1979.

Best Publications

  • Purification of Biologically Active Globin Messenger RNA by Chromatography on Oligothymidylic acid-Cellulose

    Haim Aviv;Philip Leder

  • Cell surface, heparin-like molecules are required for binding of basic fibroblast growth factor to its high affinity receptor.

    Avner Yayon;Michael Klagsbrun;Jeffrey D. Esko;Philip Leder

  • Cell-Specific Regulation of the c-myc Gene by Lymphocyte Mitogens and Platelet-Derived Growth Factor

    Kathleen Kelly;Brent H. Cochran;Charles D. Stiles;Philip Leder

  • Mice Lacking p21CIP1/WAF1 undergo normal development, but are defective in G1 checkpoint control

    Chuxia Deng;Chuxia Deng;Pumin Zhang;J. Wade Harper;Stephen J. Elledge;Stephen J. Elledge

  • Attenuation of LDH-A expression uncovers a link between glycolysis, mitochondrial physiology, and tumor maintenance

    Valeria R. Fantin;Julie St-Pierre;Philip Leder

  • Translocation of the c-myc gene into the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus in human Burkitt lymphoma and murine plasmacytoma cells

    R Taub;I Kirsch;C Morton;G Lenoir

  • Single-step induction of mammary adenocarcinoma in transgenic mice bearing the activated c-neu oncogene

    William J. Muller;Eric Sinn;Paul K. Pattengale;Racheal Wallace

  • The hematopoietic growth factor KL is encoded by the Sl locus and is the ligand of the c-kit receptor, the gene product of the W locus.

    Eric Huang;Karl Nocka;David R. Beier;Tang-Yan Chu

  • c-Jun dimerizes with itself and with c-Fos, forming complexes of different DNA binding affinities.

    Thanos D. Halazonetis;Katia Georgopoulos;Michael E. Greenberg;Philip Leder

  • Enhancer-dependent expression of human kappa immunoglobulin genes introduced into mouse pre-B lymphocytes by electroporation.

    Huntington Potter;Lawrence Weir;Philip Leder

  • The Death Domain Kinase RIP Mediates the TNF-Induced NF-κB Signal

    Michelle A Kelliher;Stefan Grimm;Yasumasa Ishida;Frank Kuo

  • RIP : a novel protein containing a death domain that interacts with Fas/APO-1 (CD95) in yeast and causes cell death

    Ben Z. Stanger;Ben Z. Stanger;Philip Leder;Philip Leder;Tae Ho Lee;Emily Kim

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 3 Is a Negative Regulator of Bone Growth

    Chuxia Deng;Anthony Wynshaw-Boris;Fen Zhou;Ann Kuo

  • Spontaneous mammary adenocarcinomas in transgenic mice that carry and express MTV/myc fusion genes

    Timothy A. Stewart;Paul K. Pattengale;Philip Leder

  • Murine interleukin-4 displays potent anti-tumor activity in vivo.

    Robert I. Tepper;Paul K. Pattengale;Philip Leder

  • The kit ligand: a cell surface molecule altered in steel mutant fibroblasts.

    John G. Flanagan;Philip Leder

  • Coexpression of MMTV/v-Ha-ras and MMTV/c-myc genes in transgenic mice: synergistic action of oncogenes in vivo.

    Eric Sinn;William Muller;Paul Pattengale;Isidore Tepler;Isidore Tepler

  • Transmembrane form of the kit ligand growth factor is determined by alternative splicing and is missing in the SId mutant

    John G. Flanagan;David C. Chan;Philip Leder

  • Murine FGFR-1 is required for early postimplantation growth and axial organization.

    C X Deng;A Wynshaw-Boris;M M Shen;C Daugherty

  • Translocations among antibody genes in human cancer

    Philip Leder;Jim Battey;Gilbert Lenoir;Christopher Moulding

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan G. Seidman
Jonathan G. Seidman Harvard University
Andrew D. Luster
Andrew D. Luster Harvard University
David C. Chan
David C. Chan California Institute of Technology
Chu-Xia Deng
Chu-Xia Deng University of Macau
Paul K. Pattengale
Paul K. Pattengale University of Southern California
Philip Hieter
Philip Hieter University of British Columbia
Philip N. Benfey
Philip N. Benfey Duke University
Cynthia C. Morton
Cynthia C. Morton Brigham and Women's Hospital
David M. Ornitz
David M. Ornitz Washington University in St. Louis
Thomas A. Waldmann
Thomas A. Waldmann National Institutes of Health

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