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Leroy "Lee" Edward Hood (born October 10, 1938) is an American biologist who has served on the faculties at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Washington. Hood has developed ground-breaking scientific instruments which made possible major advances in the biological sciences and the medical sciences.
A world-renowned scientist and recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2011, Dr. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in 2000, served as its first President from 2000-2017 and is a Professor and Chief Strategy Officer.
Leroy Edward Hood (Missoula, 10 de outubro de 1938) é um biólogo americano. Recebeu o prêmio Russ de 2011, "por revolucionar a biomedicina e a ciência forense com a automatização do sequenciamento de DNA " e em 2003 o prêmio Lemelson–MIT , por inventar "quatro instrumentos que desvendaram muitos dos mistérios da biologia ...
Systems biology and new technologies enable predictive and preventative medicine. L Hood, JR Heath, ME Phelps, B Lin. Science 306 (5696), 640-643. , 2004. 1461. 2004. Alagille syndrome is caused by mutations in human Jagged1, which encodes a ligand for Notch1.
8 de mai. de 2011 · Scientist profile: Leroy Hood The inventor of the DNA sequencing technique, and Albert Lasker Awardee, embarks on the next big challenge. Leroy Hood cofounded an institute to develop a way to tailor medical treatments to each individual person.
Hood’s projects center on cancer biology (prostate, ovarian, breast and liver cancers), systems approach to prion disease in mice and prostate cancer, new strategies for obtaining blood biomarkers, and a systems approach to the differentiation of hematopoietic stem cells.
Healthcare. Scientist and inventor Leroy Hood grew up in Montana. He studied biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and received his BS degree in 1960. Three years later, he received his MD from Johns Hopkins University, and he achieved his PhD in biochemistry at Caltech in 1967.
