Paul B. Sigler | |
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Born | [1] | February 19, 1934
Died | January 11, 2000[1] | (aged 65)
Monuments |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Professor [3] |
Spouse | Althea Jo Martin Sigler [2] |
Children | 5 children [2] |
Alma mater |
Princeton University Columbia University (MD) Cambridge University (PhD) [2] |
Known for |
Phospholipase A2 trp repressor [1] |
Awards |
National Academy of Sciences
[2] HHMI Investigator [4] Guggenheim Fellow [2] Helen Hay Whitney Fellow [5] |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Biophysics Biochemistry [3] |
Institutions |
Yale University
[3] University of Chicago MRC-LMB NIH [2] |
Doctoral advisors | David M. Blow [6] |
Website |
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Paul B. Sigler ([7] [1]) was the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. [3] [8] Major awards included membership in the National Academy of Sciences, HHMI Investigator status, and Guggenheim [2] and Helen Hay Whitney Fellowships. [5] He is noted for pioneering studies of Phospholipase A2 and trp repressor amongst many others. [1]
February 19, 1934 – January 11, 2000Prior to coming to Yale, he was a professor at the University of Chicago. [2] He received his MD from Columbia University in 1959 and his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1955. [2] After briefly practicing medicine and working as a researcher for the NIH, [5] he would go on to earn a second doctorate, a PhD, from Cambridge University at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology [2] working under David M. Blow [6] before moving to the University of Chicago. [2]
A memorial plaque is located in front of the Bass Center for Structural Biology on Science Hill on the campus of Yale University. Yale has a Paul Sigler Memorial Prize for undergraduate research in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry. [9] Yale also has sponsored Paul Sigler memorial symposia in the past. [10] The Agouron Institute sponsored 12 Paul Sigler fellowships between 2000 and 2006. [11]
Paul Sigler died on January 11, 2000, at New Haven, Connecticut, US, about a month before his 66th birthday.[ citation needed]