Thomas R. Cech#
| Membership Number: | 1910 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://cechlab.colorado.edu |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2009 Director, University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute
- 2000 – 2009 President at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 1983 Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Genetics at University of Colorado
- 1978 - 1983 Teacher at University of Colorado
- 1975 - 1977 Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1975 PhD in Chemistry at University of California at Berkeley
Fields of Scholarship
- Process of transcription in the nucleus of cells
- Structure and function of telomeres
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Honorary Doctor of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, Colorado Bioscience Association
- 2009 Honorary Doctor of Science, Rockefeller University
- 2007 CHF Othmer Gold Medal
- 1999 Member of Academia Europea
- 1995 National Medal of Science
- 1989 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Member of American Cancer Society
- 1988 Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1988 Lacker Award
- 1988 Heineken Prize for Medicine
- 1987 Member of National Academy of Sciences
- 1987 NAS Award in Molecular Biology
- 1985 ACS Pfizer Award
