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Steven A. Farber

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Steven Arthur Farber is an American scientist. He is a Professor of Biology at Johns Hopkins University.

Education

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Steven Arthur Farber completed a bachelor of science in engineering with a major in electrical and biomedical engineering from Rutgers University in 1986. He earned a master of science in technology and policy in 1991 and a doctor of philosophy in neurology in 1993 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2] His dissertation was titled Neuronal activity and membrane turnover in rat brain.[2] His thesis supervisor was Richard Wurtman. Farber was a Carnegie Fellow in Marnie Halpern's laboratory.[1]

Career

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Farber was an assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University. In 2004, he became a staff researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science in the department of embryology.[1] In 2021 he moved to the Biology Department at Johns Hopkins University.[3] In 2018, he was awarded a 5-year $3.3 million NIH grant for researching novel pharmaceuticals and diseases associated with altered levels of lipoproteins.[4]

In 2002, together with Jamie Shuda he developed an outreach program named BioEYES which allowed students to gain hands-on biology experience by studying live zebrafish in the classroom.[5][6][7]

Honors and awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Science, Carnegie (2014-11-12). "Steven Farber". Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  2. ^ a b Farber, Steven Arthur (1993). Neuronal activity and membrane turnover in rat brain (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/12673.
  3. ^ https://bio.jhu.edu/directory/steven-farber/
  4. ^ Science, Carnegie (2018-10-10). "Steven Farber Awarded $3.3-Million NIH Grant To Identify New Pharmaceuticals To Fight Cardiovascular Disease". Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  5. ^ a b "Genetics Society of America honors Steven Farber and Jamie Shuda with 2018 Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education". Genetics Society of America. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29conv.html
  7. ^ https://www.the-scientist.com/making-outreach-work-46836
  8. ^ "Cell biology, microbiology societies present awards". American Society for Cell Biology. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
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