Graham Charles Walker (born 1948)Book of Members: Chapter W is an American biologist, notable for his work explicating the structure and function of proteins involved in DNA repair and mutagenesis, with applications for cancer, and for understanding rhizobium (bacterial) functions that infect plants and mammals.Deborah Halber, "Similar genetic culprit found behind plant, mammal infections", MIT April 5, 2000.
In addition to his scientific achievements, Walker is coordinating a program at MIT to develop curricular materials in biology.
Biography Walker earned a B.Sc. degree from Carleton University, and his Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Illinois. He did postdoctoral work at the University of Illinois and at University of California, Berkeley with Bruce Ames.
He is currently a professor at MIT.
Notable publications Errol C. Friedberg, Graham C. Walker, Wolfram Siede, and Richard D. Wood, DNA Repair and Mutagenesis (2005 edition of notable textbook) Bradley T. Smith, Alan D. Grossman, and Graham C. Walker, "Visualization of Mismatch Repair in Bacterial Cells", Molecular Cell, v.8, pp. 1197–1206 (Dec. 2001) LeVier, K., Phillips, R.W., Grippe, V.K., Roop II, R.M. and Walker, G.C. Similar requirements of a plant symbiont and a mammalian pathogen for prolonged intracellular survival. Science 287:2492-2493 (2000) G. C. Walker, "Mutagenesis and inducible responses to deoxyribonucleic acid damage in Escheriscia coli", Microbiological Reviews (full text available at PubMed Central)
Awards 1970 - Woodrow Wilson National Fellow"About Our Fellows" , woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. 1978-1982 - Rita Allen Foundation ScholarRita Allen Foundation Scholars 1994 - Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology 2004 - Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2006 - Environmental Mutagen Society Award 2009 - Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2013 - Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences. American Cancer Society Research Professor Charles Ross Scholar Award for Cancer Research Arthur C. Smith Award Stone Lectureship, Pennsylvania State University
References MIT faculty profile HHMI profile
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