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Scripps Research Joint Appointments

The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
Faculty, Kellogg School of Science and Technology

Research Focus

Studies of cell-cell interactions during embryonic development and of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) and their role in neural development and plasticity. Studies of the molecular genetics of connectional defects in the nervous system. Studies of transcriptional regulation and translational control in eukaryotic cells. Theoretical work on the organization of higher brain functions and on the construction of non-von Neumann machines and brain-based devices.

Education

M.D., Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1954
Ph.D., Rockefeller University, 1960

Awards & Professional Activities

The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1972
The Warren Triennial Prize, Massachusetts General Hopital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992
Dottore "ad honorem" in Scienze Biologiche, Univeristy of Bologna, Italy, 1998
Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic, 1999
C.U. Ariens-Kappers Medal, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, 1999
University of Minnesota, Honoris Causa, 2000
La Medaille de la Ville de Paris (Echelon Vermeil), 2002
Santiago Grisolia Chair Prize, Valencia, Spain, 2003

Selected References

Vanderklish, P.W., Edelman, G.M. (2005) Differential translation and fragile X syndrome. Genes, Brain Behav., 4:360-384.

Mauro, V.P., Edelman, G.M. (2002) The ribosome filter hypothesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99:12031-12036.

Edelman, G.M., Gally, J.A. (2001) Degeneracy and Complexity in Biological Systems. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98:13763-13768.

Edelman, G.M., Jones, F.S. (1998) Gene Regulation of Cell Adhesion: A Key Step in Neural Morphogenesis. Bran Res. Reviews, 26:337-352.

Links

The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology

The Skaggs Institute Scientific Report