Professor
John W. Newport
(
–
)
1951
2005
University of California, San Diego
;
La Jolla, CA
Biochemist; Cellular biologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Elected
2001
He continues to move cell cycle research in new directions. Earlier he discovered the mid-blastula transition and pioneered analysis of nuclear membrane assembly. He has recently discovered a key regulator of entry into mitosis and devised a system for precisely regulated chromosomal DNA duplication in the absence of nuclei.
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