Martin A. Gorovsky


Birthdate:         April 26, 1941
Birthplace:         Chicago, IL
Marital Status:   Married
Children:           Two

Education:

1968-1970   Postdoctoral, Biology, Yale University

1968   Ph.D. Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago

1963   A.B., Biology, University of Chicago

E-mail: Marty in Biology



*   Publications
*   Honors
*   Research And/Or Professional Experience
*   Membership In Professional Societies
*   Areas Of Research Interest  (Linked to: Current Research)
*   Professional Activities
*   Invited Seminar Speaker
*   Invited Participant
*   Committees

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa
A.B. with General Honors
Illinois State Scholarship (1959-1963)
Dean's List
University of Chicago Scholarship (1959-1963)
Phi Beta Kappa
NIH-USPHS Predoctoral Fellowship (1963-1968)
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship (1968-1970)
NIH Research Career Development Award (1976-1981)
AAAS Fellow (1993-)


Research And/Or Professional Experience:

9/90 - Present:   Rush Rhees Professor of Biology, University of Rochester
7/81 - 7/94:   Chairman, Biology Department, University of Rochester
7/80 - Present:   Professor, Biology Department, University of Rochester
9/75 - 7/80:   Associate Professor, Biology Department, University of Rochester
9/70 - 9/75:   Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Rochester
11/68 - 9/70:   National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology Department, Yale University (Dr. Joseph G. Gall, sponsor)
1963 - 1968:   Public Health Predoctoral Fellow, Biology Department, University of Chicago (Dr. Hewson Swift, sponsor)
1964 (Summer):   Trainee, Fertilization and Gamete Physiology Training Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA


Membership In Professional Societies:

Sigma Xi
The American Society for Cell Biology
AAAS


Areas Of Research Interest:

Cell Biology - Molecular Biology
Organization and Function of the Eukaryotic Genome
  (Linked to: Current Research)


Professional Activities:

Member, NSF, Cell Biology Study Section (1977-78)
Member, Editorial Board, J. Cell Biol. (1976-79)
Reviewer for: NSF, NIH, J. Cell Biol., Biochemistry, Exp. Cell Res., Dev. Biol., Life Sciences, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Chromosoma, Science, Cell, J. Mol. Evol. Anal. Biochem., Genetics, J. Biol. Chem., Nucleic Acids Research
Co-Principal Investigator, Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant (1979-81)
Member, Publications Committee, American Society for Cell Biology (1978-79)
Member, Program Committee, 20th Annual Meeting, American Society for Cell Biology
Member, Cell/Developmental Review Panel, American Cancer Society (1980-1983)
Symposium Organizer, Meeting of American Society for Cell Biology, (1983)
Co-organizer, First & Eighth International Ciliate Molecular Genetics Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor (1984, 1999)
Instructor, Physiology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory (1984)
Instructor, Course on Lower Eukaryotic Models, Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal (1984)
Ad hoc member, NIH Molecular Cytology Review Panel (1985)
Member, Nominations Committee, American Society for Cell Biology (1987)
Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellowship Review Committee (1988)
Howard Hughes Predoctoral Fellowship Review Committee (1990)
Member, Molecular Cytology Review Panel, NIH (1991-95)



Invited Seminar Speaker:

Western Reserve University; Yale University; Syracuse University; Brooklyn College; Harvard University; University of Massachusetts; Stanford University; UCLA; University of Utah; Worcester Foundation; University of Iowa; Washington University of St. Louis; Cornell University; FERGAP Training Program; Woods Hole; Queen's University; SUNY at Stony Brook; York University; Indiana University; Princeton University; SUNY at Buffalo, Roswell Park Memorial Institute; University of Miami Medical School; University of Pennsylvania (Microbiology); University of Pennsylvania (Biology); Washington University of St. Louis. University of Colorado; New Jersey College of Medicine; University of Florida, Gainesville; Southwestern Medical Center; Queen's University; Yale University (1984); National Institute of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases (1984); University of Cincinnati (1985); Washington University of St. Louis (1986); University of Georgia (1986); University of Arizona (1986); Wesleyan University (1987); SUNY Stony Brook (Biochemistry; 1987); University of Utah (1988); Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (1988); University of Illinois; Chicago (1989); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (1989); McGill University, Montreal (1990); University of Chicago (1990); Bennington College (1992); University of Puerto Rico (1993); University of Connecticut (1993); Syracuse University (1994); NIH (1994); Yale University (1996); York University (1996); Brown University (1997); University of Nebraska (1997); Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1997).


Invited Participant:

Gordon Research Conference on Nuclear Proteins, Chromatin Structure and Gene Regulation (1974; 1976; 1982; 1994; 1996; Session Organizer, 1986; 1988); Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology (1972); Society of Protozoologists 25th Annual Meeting (1972); ADA Workshop No. 1 on Invertebrate Model Systems (1970); V International Congress of Protozoology (1977); Regional Ciliate Genetics Meeting (1975, 1980); Cold Spring Harbor Symposium (1977); Gordon Research Conference on Animal Cells and Viruses (1978); International Congress of Cell Biology, Berlin (1980); Physiology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole (1981); Induction of Heat Shock Proteins, Cold Spring Harbor (1982); American Society for Cell Biology (1983); Co-organizer International Ciliate Molecular Genetics Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor (1984); Symposium on the Evolution of Sex, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole (1984); Course on Lower Eukaryotic Models, Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal (1984); Int'l. Ciliate Molecular Genetics Meeting, Berkeley (1987); Special Interest Subgroup Meeting on Chromosomal Proteins and their Genes, American Society for Cell Biology (1987); Southwest Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society (1987); Gordon Research Conference Session Organizer on Molecular Biology of Ciliated Protozoa (1989); Gordon Research Conference (1990); Int'l. Ciliate Molecular Genetics Meeting, Asilomar (1991); Gordon Research Conference Session Organizer and speaker on Molecular Biology of Ciliated Protozoa (1993); Invited symposium speaker, 14th Annual Penn State Summer Symposium on Molecular Biology, Chromosomal Controls of Gene Expression (1995); Invited participant and session organizer/chair, FASEB meeting, Molecular Biology of Ciliated Protozoa (1995, 1997).


Committees:

Member, Graduate Admissions Committee (1970-72)
Member, Search Committee to Recruit a Developmental Biologist and Department Chairman (1970-71)
Member, Equipment Committee (1970-1971)
Member, Ad hoc Committee for Departmental Reorganization
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee (1/75-1/77)
Chairman, Committee for Recruitment of Faculty in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology (6/73-1/77)
Chairman, Ad hoc Committee for Evaluation of Promotion (1975)
Member, Chancellor's Ad hoc Committee on Undergraduate Enrollment (1975)
Member, Departmental Executive Committee (1976-78)
Chairman, Facilities Committee (1978-79); Member (1979-80)
Chairman, Search Committee for Recruitment of Development Biologist (1979-80)
Member, University Standing Committee for Promotions to Associate Professor with Limited Tenure in the Physical and Biological Sciences (1979-84)
Member, Steering Committee, Postdoctoral Training Program in Genetics (1979-82)
Member, Einstein Professor Search Committee (1980-81)
Member, Implementation Committee, Program in Biology and Medicine (1981-82)
Member, Executive Committee, Program in Biology and Medicine (1981- )
Member, CDC Budget Subcommittee (1990)
Department representative to Faculty Council (1993-)
Member, Interdepartmental Committee on Graduate Curriculum in Biological Sciences (1994-)
Member, Faculty Council Steering Committee (1994-95)
Member, Faculty Senate Budget Committee (1994-)
Chair, Cell and Molecular Faculty Recruiting Committee (1995)
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee (96- )
Member, Search Committee for Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics Department (96- )
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee (1998)


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