Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
WHEN: Wednesday, November 9th, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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ABOUT DR. JEREMY NATHANS
Dr. Jeremy Nathans is a professor of molecular biology and
genetics, neuroscience and ophthalmology at the Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine. His research focuses on molecular mechanisms of visual system
development, function, and disease.
Dr. Nathans is responsible for landmark discoveries that
have changed our understanding of how humans see the world. His investigations
into the mechanisms that allow us to see colors led him to identify the genes
that code for color-vision receptors in the light-sensing cones of the retina.
This breakthrough finding allowed him to show that variations in these genes
cause color blindness. His work has also led to new understandings of the
development, function and survival of the retina.
Dr. Nathans received his undergraduate degree in Life
Sciences and Chemistry from MIT and earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and M.D.
from Stanford University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Genentech,
Inc. Dr. Nathans joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1988.
He serves on the editorial board of Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences and is on many scientific advisory boards
including The Foundation Fighting Blindness and Merck Research Laboratories. He
became a member of the Institute of Medicine in 2011 and his work has been
recognized with numerous awards, including the Edward M. Scolnick Prize in
Neuroscience by the McGovern Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
