An interview with Michael M. Gottesman, M.D. Interview by Vicki Glaser
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Published on: May 27, 2007
Abstract:
Dr. Michael Gottesman obtained his M.D. from Harvard University Medical School, completed his internship and residency in medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, and received his postdoctoral research training in molecular genetics with Martin Gellert at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). After a year as an assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy at Harvard, he moved to the NIH in 1976. He currently serves as the NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research as well as Chief of the Laboratory of Cell Biology.
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