Arno Motulsky
| Arno Motulsky | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fischausen, Germany |
| Residence | Seattle, WA |
| Citizenship | USA |
| Fields | Human genetics, Phamacogenetics |
| Institutions | University of Washington, Seattle |
| Alma mater | Yale University, University of Illinois, Chicago |
| Academic advisors | Lionel Penrose |
| Notable students | Joseph L. Goldstein |
| Known for | pharmacogenomics |
Arno Motulsky (born 1923) is a professor of genome sciences at the University of Washington. He is known as the "father of pharmacogenomics". In 1957, he published an article reporting that two drugs had negative interactions with enzymes produced by certain human genes.[1][2]
Born near Koenigsberg to Jewish parents, he grew up in Nazi Germany and fled the country in 1939. He went to Yale University and earned his M.D from University of Illinois, Chicago and did his residency with Karl Singer at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago where he did hematology research. In 1953, he joined the faculty of the University of Washington.
He is coauthor and editor of a major text of human genetics, Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches[3]and an autobiographical article.[4]
References
- ↑ "Arno Motulsky - Science - DNA - A Genetics Pioneer Sees a Bright Future, Cautiously". The New York Times. April 29, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Noted geneticist once was turned away from U.S. shores". Hsnewsbeat.uw.edu. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
- ↑ Speicher, Michael; Antonarakis; Motulsky (2010). Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches. Springer. ISBN 978-3540376538.
- ↑ Motulsky, Arno G.; King, Mary-Claire (2016-08-31). "The Great Adventure of an American Human Geneticist". Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 17 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1146/annurev-genom-083115-022528. ISSN 1527-8204.