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Appendix B. Participant Biographies
Pages 41-48

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... . In 1980, he was awarded the honor of an American Cancer Society Lifetime Research Professorship.
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... He is Trustee and President, The Merck Genome Research Institute, Inc.; Adjunct Professor in the Depa~t~ent of Molecular and Human Genetics, Medicine, Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. His many honors include: Presidency of the Human Genome Organization; Member of the National Academy of Sciences; Doctor of Science Honorary Degree, The University of South Carolina; The Giovanni Lorenzini Foundation Prize for Basic Biomedical Research; Past President of the American Society of Human Genetics; Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences; Member of the Depa~l~ent of Energy Advisory Committee on Mapping the Human Genome.
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... In the course of his extensive professional career, Dr. Cypess participated on NIAID scientific review boards and various NIH Study Sections and served on several editorial boards.
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... His research involves the manipulation of plant hormone synthesis and perception with the goal of improving crop plants. He has served on several panels and advisory committees concerning plant genetics and molecular biology, including the Joint FAD/IAEA Advisory Committee on application of agricultural biotechnology to the third world.
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... Mazur is currently the Director for Biotechnology Research in the DuPont Agricultural Products Enterprise. In this position she has responsibility for research directed towards developing novel grain quality products and for developing crop protection chemicals and products.
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... Christopher Scott is currently the Director of Research Development at Stanford University Medical Center and Executive Director of ACCESS, a clinical trials program at the School of Medicine. He is also the Associate Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine and has held appointments as Director of Corporate Initiatives and in the Dean's office as Special Counsel in industrial relations and program development.
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... Dr. Stone is a former Searle Scholar and Established Investigator of the American Heart Association.
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... the development and analysis of 50,000 cotton fiber and 50,000 barley ESTs. The service component of the CUGI is to provide affordable access to plant and fungal BAC libraries and related technologies through a five-year NSF funded BAC Resource Center.


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