Paul B. Sigler ([7][1]) was the Henry Ford II Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.[3][8] Major awards included membership in the National Academy of Sciences, HHMI Investigator status, and Guggenheim[2] and Helen Hay Whitney Fellowships.[5] He is noted for pioneering studies of Phospholipase A2 and trp repressor amongst many others.[1]
February 19, 1934 – January 11, 2000Paul B. Sigler | |
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Born | [1] | February 19, 1934
Died | January 11, 2000[1] | (aged 65)
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Professor[3] |
Spouse | Althea Jo Martin Sigler[2] |
Children | 5 children[2] |
Alma mater | Princeton University Columbia University (MD) Cambridge University (PhD)[2] |
Known for | Phospholipase A2 trp repressor[1] |
Awards | National Academy of Sciences[2] HHMI Investigator[4] Guggenheim Fellow[2] Helen Hay Whitney Fellow[5] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biophysics Biochemistry[3] |
Institutions | Yale University[3] University of Chicago MRC-LMB NIH[2] |
Doctoral advisors | David M. Blow[6] |
Website | www |
Prior to coming to Yale, he was a professor at the University of Chicago.[2] He received his MD from Columbia University in 1959 and his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1955.[2] After briefly practicing medicine and working as a researcher for the NIH,[5] he would go on to earn a second doctorate, a PhD, from Cambridge University at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology[2] working under David M. Blow[6] before moving to the University of Chicago.[2]
A memorial plaque is located in front of the Bass Center for Structural Biology on Science Hill on the campus of Yale University. Yale has a Paul Sigler Memorial Prize for undergraduate research in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry.[9] Yale also has sponsored Paul Sigler memorial symposia in the past.[10] The Agouron Institute sponsored 12 Paul Sigler fellowships between 2000 and 2006.[11]
Paul Sigler died on January 11, 2000, at New Haven, Connecticut, US, about a month before his 66th birthday.[citation needed]