Harris Lewin

Harris Lewin
Awards Wolf Prize in Agriculture
Academic background
Alma mater University of California, Davis
Thesis year 1984
Academic work
Institutions University of Illinois
University of California, Davis
Main interests biologist
Notable ideas genomics and immunogenetics

Harris Lewin is an American biologist and vice-chancellor of research at the University of California, Davis. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1] In 2011, Lewin won the Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his research into cattle genomics.[1][2]

Career

Lewin studied at the University of California, Davis and earned his Ph.D in 1984. He then worked at the University of Illinois.[1] In 2003, he served as the founding director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology.[3][2] In 2009, he and a team of researchers fully sequenced the cow genome.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Harris Lewin Elected to National Academy of Sciences". Agriculture Week   via Highbeam (subscription required) . 17 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Illinoir Professor Awarded 2011 Wolf Prize In Agriculture". States News Service   via Highbeam (subscription required) . 15 February 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. "History". Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. Retrieved 7 November 2015.


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