James Rothman

James Rothman
Rothman in 2013
Born
James Edward Rothman

(1950-11-03) November 3, 1950 (age 73)
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsCell biology
Institutions
ThesisTransbilayer asymmetry and its maintenance in biological membranes (1976)
Academic advisorsHarvey Lodish
Websitemedicine.yale.edu/profile/james-rothman/ Edit this at Wikidata

James Edward Rothman (born November 3, 1950) is an American biochemist. He is the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Yale University, the Chairman of the Department of Cell Biology at Yale School of Medicine, and the Director of the Nanobiology Institute at the Yale West Campus.[2] Rothman also concurrently serves as adjunct professor of physiology and cellular biophysics at Columbia University[3] and a research professor at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London.[4]

Rothman was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on vesicle trafficking (shared with Randy Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof).[5][6] He received many other honors including the King Faisal International Prize in 1996,[7] the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research both in 2002.[8][9]

  1. ^ "James E. Rothman, Faculty: Yale Department of Chemistry". Chem.yale.edu. Archived from the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "James E Rothman". Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  3. ^ "P&S Adjunct Faculty Member Wins 2013 Nobel Prize". Columbia Newsroom. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "James E Rothman". UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. January 29, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  5. ^ James E. Rothman on Nobelprize.org Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  7. ^ "KFIP Winners Archive" (PDF). King Faisal Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 6, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  8. ^ Neill, Ushma S. (2015). "A conversation with James Rothman". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 125 (2): 460–461. doi:10.1172/JCI80641. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 4319411. PMID 25642705.
  9. ^ Wickner, W. T. (2013). "Profile of Thomas Sudhof, James Rothman, and Randy Schekman, 2013 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (46): 18349–18350. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11018349W. doi:10.1073/pnas.1319309110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3832004. PMID 24158482.

Developed by StudentB