Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch
Member, Whitehead Institute and Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Prof. Jaenisch, a Whitehead Founding Member, studies the epigenetic regulation of gene expression. He created the first transgenic animal model and conducted the first experiment that demonstrated that therapeutic cloning could correct genetic defects in mice. Jaenisch has won the Boehringer Mannheim Molecular Bioanalytics Prize (1996), the first Peter Gruber Foundation Award in Genetics in 2001, the Robert Koch Prize for Excellence in Scientific Achievement in 2002, the Brupracher Foundation Cancer Award in 2003 and Vilcek Prize in 2007. He was elected as member of the National Academy of Sciences, member of the Institute of Medicine and fellow of American Academy of Arts and Science.