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PETER K. VOGT

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Professor Emeritus

Department of Molecular Medicine



RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Virology, genetics, cell biology, cancer


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PERSONAL


Born: March 10, 1932, Broumov, Czechoslovakia

Nationality: U.S. Citizen



EDUCATION


University of Würzburg, Germany, B.S., 1955

University of Tübingen, Germany, Ph.D., 1959

Max-Planck-Institut, Tübingen, Germany, 1955 - 1959

University of California, Berkeley, Virus Laboratory (Postdoctoral), 1959 - 1962



APPOINTMENTS


Professor, Scripps Research, La Jolla, California, 1993 - present

Executive Vice President for Scientific Affairs, Scripps Research, 2012 - 2015

Hastings Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Chairman, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1971 - 1993

Associate Professor and Professor of Microbiology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, 1967 - 1971

Assistant and Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, CO, 1962 - 1967



HONORS & AWARDS


Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2024

Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, 2019

Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine, American Italian Cancer Foundation, 2017

IHV Lifetime Achievement Award for Scientific Contributions, 2016

Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research, 2013

Einstein Professorship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013

Loeffler-Frosch Medal, German Society of Virology, 2010

Albert Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research, 2010

Gregor Johann Mendel Medal, National Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2008

Annual Science in Medicine Lecture, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 2008

Meyenburg Foundation Lecture, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, 2008

Heinrich Pette Lecture, University of Hamburg, 2006

Edwin Lennette Lecturer, American Society of Virology, 2004

McGinnis Lecture, Duke University, 1999

Carl Friedrich von Siemens Lecture, University of Munich, 1997

Doctor honoris causa, University of Würzburg, 1995

Princess Takamatsu Lecturer, 1995

Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1991

Howard Taylor Ricketts Award, University of Chicago, 1991

ICN International Prize in Virology, 1989

Bristol Myers Award, 1989

Paul-Ehrlich and Ludwig-Darmstaedter Prize, 1988

Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Award, 1987

Waterford Biomedical Science Award, 1986

Elected Honorary Member, Japanese Cancer Association, 1986

Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine, 1985

Alexander von Humboldt Award, Federal Republic of Germany, 1984

Irene-Vogeler-Prize of the Max-Planck-Society, 1976

Associates Award for Creative Scholarship & Research, University of Southern California, 1975

California Scientist of the Year, 1975

Distinguished Teaching Awards, University of Southern California, 1974, 1976, 1985

Distinguished Teaching Awards, University of Washington, 1970, 1971

Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, 1955



SERVICE


Editorial Boards

Virology (1966 - 2008)

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology (1967 - 2017)

Intervirology (1972 - 1978)

Comprehensive Virology (1973)

Virus Research (1984 - 1992)

Cell Growth and Differentiation (1991 - 1995)

Cancer Research (1993 - 2007)

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics (1994 - 1999)

Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases (1995 – 2014)

Journal of Virology (1996 - 2008)

Journal of Molecular Medicine (2000 - 2001)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA (2000 - 2019)

Cell Cycle (2005 - present)

Oncogene (2008 - 2010)

Genes and Cancer (2009 - present)

OncoTarget (2010 - present)

Frontiers in Molecular and Cellular Oncology (2010 - 2015)

Molecular & Cellular Oncology (2014 – present)

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy (2015 – present)


NIH/NCI

Virology Study Section (1967 - 1971)

Leukemia Etiology Segment Review, Special Virus Cancer Program (1968- 1971)

Solid Tumor Segment Review, Special Virus Cancer Program (1971 - 1972)

Virology Task Force, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (1976 - 1977)

Cancer Special Program Review Committee (1981 - 1985)

NCI Board of Scientific Advisors (1996 - 2002)


International Committee on the Nomenclature of Viruses

Chairman, Study Group on RNA Tumor Viruses (1971 - 1981)


American Cancer Society

Dernham Fellowship Selection Committee California Division (1972 - 1977), Chairman (1978 - 1980)

Advisory Committee on Virology and Cell Biology (1971 - 1975)

Council for Research and Clinical Investigation (1979 - 1982)


Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research

Board of Scientific Consultants (1972 - 1980), Chairman (1980 - 1981)


General Motors Cancer Research Foundation

Member, Sloan Selection Committee (1984)

Vice Chairman, Sloan Selection Committee (1985)

Awards Assembly (1987 - 1991)


Life and Health Insurance Medical Research Fund

Review Committee (1984 - 1992)


Council for Tobacco Research, U.S.A.

Scientific Advisory Board (1988 - 1998)


German Cancer Center, Heidelberg

Committee of Scientific Advisors (1989 - 1995)


Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research

Scientific Committee (1990 - 1996)


Foundation for Advanced Cancer Studies

Board of Directors (1995 - 2014)


Robert Koch Foundation

Scientific Advisory Board (1999 - 2008)


Oncology Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board  (2003 – 2006)


Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research

Scientific Advisory Board (2005 – 2017)


The Hormel Institute, Austin, MN

Scientific Advisory Board (2014 – 2019)


UCSD Moores Cancer Center

External Advisory Board (2014 – 2021)


National Foundation for Cancer Research

Scientific Advisory Board (since 2015)



ELECTED OFFICES


Vice Chairman, Virology Division, American Society of Microbiology, 1973, 1974

Chairman, Virology Division, American Society of Microbiology, 1975

Councilor, American Society of Microbiology, 1976, 1977

Chair, Class of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2001 - 2004

American Academy of Microbiology, Board of Governors, 2009 - 2012



ACADEMIES


AACR Academy (elected Fellow), 2013

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004

Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine), 2003

Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (now the German Academy of Sciences), 1998

American Academy of Microbiology, 1992

American Philosphcal Society, 1991

National Academy of Sciences, USA, 1980



SOCIETIES


American Society for Microbiology

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Society of Virology

American Association for Cancer Research

American Chemical Society

International Society of Differentiation

Gesellschaft für Virologie (Honorary Member)

Japanese Association for Cancer Research (Foreign Member)

Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (Honorary Member)