Biography:Sue Biggins
Sue Biggins | |
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| Born | 1968 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, Princeton University |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts & Sciences Edward Novitski Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biology |
| Institutions | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington |
Sue Biggins (born 1968) is an American cell biologist who studies kinetochores and the transfer of chromosomes during cell division. Her team isolated kinetochores from cells, enabling them to be studied separately under laboratory conditions. They also discovered that tension helps kinetochores to attach to microtubules and move from the mother cell to the daughter cells when cells divide. The methodology and concepts she developed for yeast kinetochores are being adopted in laboratories around the world. Biggins was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) in 2018.[1]
Education
Biggins received her BS in biology in 1990 from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology in 1995 at Princeton University.[2][3]
Career
Biggins is currently the associate director and a full member of the basic sciences division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center[4] as well as an affiliate professor for the department of biochemistry at the University of Washington.[5]
She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015[6] and to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2018.[7] She received the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology in 2013.[8][9]
Biggins has also received a Beckman Young Investigators Award in 2003.[10] Biggins is also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.[11][12] She was awarded the Novitski Prize of the Genetics Society of America in 2015.[13][14][15]
References
- ↑ Tompa, Rachel (April 18, 2018). "Dr. Sue Biggins elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences". Fred Hutch News Service. https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2018/04/biggins-elected-american-academy-arts-sciences.html. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ↑ "Susan Biggins". https://academictree.org/chemistry/peopleinfo.php?pid=77065. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "Sue Biggins". https://sharedresources.fredhutch.org/profile/biggins-sue. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "Faculty & Labs". http://www.fredhutch.org/en/labs/basic-sciences/faculty-labs.html. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "Faculty". http://www.pathology.washington.edu/academics/mmtp/biggins-sue/. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "National Academy of Sciences, Member Directory". http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20035997.html. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their Affiliations at the Time of Election". https://www.amacad.org/content/members/newFellows.aspx?s=a. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "National Academy of Sciences honors geneticist Sue Biggins". F. January 8, 2013. http://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/releases/2013/01/national-academy-sciences-honors-sue-biggins.html. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ↑ "Sue Biggins receives the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology". July 30, 2013. http://depts.washington.edu/sacklers/sue-biggins-receives-the-national-academy-of-sciences-award-in-molecular-biology/. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ↑ "Sue Biggins". http://www.beckman-foundation.org/beckman-young-investigators/sue-biggins. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ Tompa, Rachel (May 19, 2015). "'Every day something new': Dr. Sue Biggins selected as HHMI investigator". Fred Hutch News Service. https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2015/05/sue-biggins-named-hhmi-investigator.html. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "Our Scientists". https://www.hhmi.org/scientists/sue-biggins. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ "Fred Hutch researcher Sue Biggins awarded the Genetics Society of America's Novitski Prize". Fred Hutch News Service. January 21, 2015. https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/releases/2015/01/fred-hutch-researcher-sue-biggins-awarded-novitski-prize.html. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "The Edward Novitski Prize". http://www.genetics-gsa.org/awards/novitskiaward.shtml. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ↑ "Sue Biggins, PhD - HHMI.org". http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/sue-biggins.
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