Joram Piatigorsky

Joram Piatigorsky (born February 24, 1940) is an American molecular biologist and eye researcher. [1] He was the founding chief of the Laboratory of Molecular and Developmental Biology, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health (1981–2009). [2] He is the recipient of the 2008 Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. [3]

Joram Piatigorsky
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Born (1940-02-24) February 24, 1940
Elizabethtown, New York
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
OccupationMolecular biologist
Spouse
Lona Shepley
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(m. 1969)​
Parent(s)Gregor Piatigorsky and Jacqueline de Rothschild

He is the son of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and Jacqueline de Rothschild.[4]

Publications

Piatigorsky is the author of several books, including a scientific textbook, a memoir, a novel and a collection of short stories. Over the course of his career in science, he has published more than 300 scientific articles, reviews and book chapters on vision research.[5]

In Gene Sharing and Evolution: The Diversity of Protein Functions (Harvard University Press 2007),[6] Piatigorsky summarized and extended his "gene sharing" concept. [7]

He co-edited a book on an international symposium he organized: Molecular Biology of the Eye: Genes, Vision and Ocular Disease.[8]

His debut novel, Jellyfish Have Eyes (IP Books, 2014), forewarns of the danger of reducing funding for basic research,[9] and has garnered positive reviews in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.[10][11][12]

In his memoir, The Speed of Dark (Adelaide Books, 2018), Piatigorsky reflects on his 50-year career as a scientific researcher and describes how his family's pursuit of excellence and his father's quest for musical perfection influenced and inspired his own scientific career. [13] [14]

References
  1. "Joram Piatigorsky | Helen Keller Foundation". www.helenkellerfoundation.org. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. "Research Labs and Branches | National Eye Institute".
  3. "Joram Piatigorsky – Helen Keller Foundation".
  4. "Piatgorsky House is Gone, But Pieces of History Were Saved". Los Angeles Times. December 1, 2014.
  5. "Joram Piatigorsky – Helen Keller Foundation".
  6. "Gene Sharing and Evolution — Joram Piatigorsky".
  7. Joram PIATIGORSKY; Joram Piatigorsky (30 June 2009). Gene Sharing and Evolution: The Diversity of Protein Functions. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04212-4.
  8. Ringens, P.J.; Cotran, P.R. (1989). "Molecular biology of the eye, vol. 88: Genes, vision, and ocular disease". American Journal of Human Genetics. 45 (2): 340. ISSN 0002-9297. PMC 1683347.
  9. Joram Piatigorsky (1 June 2014). Jellyfish Have Eyes. International Psychoanalytic Books. ISBN 978-0-9895622-6-3.
  10. Shurkin, Joel (2015). "Science and Culture: Using fiction to make the case for basic research". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (14): 4185–4186. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.4185S. doi:10.1073/pnas.1502378112. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 4394243. PMID 25852137.
  11. "NEI Scientist Emeritus's Debut Novel Probes Jellyfish Eyes - The NIH Record - May 8, 2015". nihrecord.nih.gov. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  12. "Narrative NIH scientist enters literary world -- Gazette.Net". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  13. "THE SPEED OF DARK | Kirkus Reviews".
  14. "Joram Piatigorsky - the Speed of Dark: A Memoir | Politics and Prose Bookstore".


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