Lawrence S.B. Goldstein 5370985 213679271 2008-05-20T11:20:03Z FeanorStar7 160806 birth date from LC auth. file.; +cat {{Unreferenced|date=April 2007}} '''Lawrence S.B. Goldstein''' (b. [[1956]]) is Professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at [[University of California, San Diego]] and Investigator with the [[Howard Hughes Medical Institute]]. He receives grant funding from the [[NIH]], the Johns Hopkins ALS Center, the HighQ Foundation, and the [[California Institute for Regenerative Medicine]]. ==Biography== Dr. Goldstein received his B.A. degree in biology and genetics from [[UCSD]] in 1976 and his Ph.D. degree in genetics from the [[University of Washington, Seattle]] in 1980. He did postdoctoral research at the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]] from 1980-1983 and the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1983/1984. He was Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at [[Harvard University]] in the Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology from 1984-1993 and moved to [[UCSD]] and [[HHMI]] in 1993. His awards include a Senior Scholar Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation, an [[American Cancer Society]] Faculty Research Award, and the Loeb Chair in Natural Sciences when he was at Harvard University. His research is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms of intracellular movement in neurons and the role of transport failures in neurodegenerative diseases. His lab provided the first molecular descriptions of [[kinesin]] structure and organization, and has recently discovered important links between transport processes and diseases such as [[Alzheimer's Disease]] and [[Huntington's Disease]]. Dr. Goldstein has also had an active role in National Science policy. He has served on many public science advisory committees, has written about, spoken about, and been interviewed on numerous occasions on science issues by print and broadcast media, and has testified on a number of occasions in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate about NIH funding and stem cell research. As a cofounder and consultant of the biotechnology company [http://www.cytokinetics.com Cytokinetics, Inc.] he has also had an active role in private industry. {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldstein, Lawrence S.B.}} [[Category:University of California, San Diego faculty]] [[Category:University of California, San Diego alumni]] [[Category:American academics]] [[Category:Stem cell researchers]] [[Category:Alzheimer's disease]] [[Category:American scientists]] [[Category:Medical educators]] [[Category:Medical researchers]] [[Category:University of Colorado people]] [[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] [[Category:University of Washington alumni]] [[Category:Harvard University faculty]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1956 births]]