Steve Buratowski's Page

Education and Research Experience

Professor

Jan. 2002-
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Member, Harvard Center for Cancer Research

Tutor

March 1994-
Harvard College Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences

Associate Professor

Oct. 1997-Dec. 2001
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Assistant Professor

March 1994-Sept. 1997
Harvard Medical School
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Whitehead Institute Fellow

April 1990-June 1994
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Genetics

April 1990-June 1990
Harvard Medical School
Department of Genetics
Lab head: Fred Winston
Project: Genetic analysis of SPT15 (TFIID)

Ph.D.

Sept. 1984-March 1990
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Biology
Advisor: Phillip A. Sharp
Thesis: Transcription Initiation by RNA Polymerase II

Summer Internship

Summer 1984
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
Laboratory of Molecular Virology

A.B., Summa cum laude

1980-1984
Princeton University
Department of Biochemical Sciences

Honors

Stohlman Scholar Award of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

2004

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar Award

1999-2004

Harvard Medical School Biological and Biomedical Sciences (PhD program) Teaching Award

1998

American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Research Award

1996-1999

Pew Scholar Award

1995-1999

Whitehead Institute Fellowship

1990-1994

Sigma Xi - Full Member

1990-

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship

1984-1987

Sigma Xi - Associate Member

1984-1990

Phi Beta Kappa

1984

Professional Activities

Professional Society Memberships:

Genetics Society of America, RNA Society, American Society for Microbiology, American Academy for the Advancement of Science

Editorial Activities:

Board of Reviewing Editors for Science (2004 - ); Associate Editor for Molecular Cell (1998- ); and Editorial Board for Genes to Cells (1999- 2000 )

Steve's personal data.

As of January 2002, I'm a tenured Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. If you're interested in our PhD program, check out the Biological and Biomedical Sciences homepage. My undergraduate degree is from Princeton University. I got my Ph.D. from the Biology department at MIT. My wife Robin and I have an adorable daughter named Julia who is in eighth grade.

Last update: 8.11.05