Dr.
Sankar L. Adhya
National Cancer Institute
Geneticist; Government research scientist and administrator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Elected
2009
Head, Developmental Genetics Section; Senior Investigator. Contributed to understanding of the basic mechanisms of gene regulation, including first demonstrations of the role of transposable elements in regulation, the importance of DNA looping in gene regulation, and the mechanism of transcription termination and anti-termination in bacteriophage lambda.
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