Manuel Buchwald
Life and Career
Research
Degrees
Awards/Accomplishments
Source - MLA Format
Duckworth, John. "Famous Biologists - A history of biology in biography."Macroevolution.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2012. <http://www.macroevolution.net/famous-biologists.html>.
- Manual Buchwald is a Peru-born Canadian geneticist, born on June 7th, 1940
- He has worked for many years as the Chief of Research in The Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario
- He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1962, and a Ph. D. in biochemistry from Brandeis University in 1967
- Buchwald came to Toronto so he could take up a fellowship in the University of Toronto’s departments of Medical Biophysics and Medical Cell Biology
- Buchwald joined the Hospital for Sick Children in 1971 as a Staff Geneticist
- This team was awarded the U.S. patent for “Methods of detecting the cystic fibrosis gene” in 1995
- In 1991 Buchwald was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his research in cystic fibrosis
- In 1992, Buchwald was also awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal.
- Two years later, in 1994, he was also made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, which is an honor only given to researchers and scientists who are seen by their peers as having made numerous significant discoveries in their respective fields
- Currently, Dr. Manuel Buchwald is working as a professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto
Research
- In 1970 he was appointed as a Scientist, and he was promoted to a Senior Scientist in 1980
- During 1993 and 1996, Buchwald held the position of Associate Director and he directed cystic fibrosis research
- In 1996, he was appointed as the Director of the Hospital for Sick Children’s Research Institute
- As a geneticist, his research focuses on human molecular genetics, cystic fibrosis and gene cloning but his main research was focusing on identifying the causes of two genetic disorders; cystic fibrosis and Fanconia anemia
- Buchwald was part of the research team that found the cystic fibrosis gene in 1989 and 1992
- This team concluded that there are four different genes responsible for Fanconi anemia and were successful in cloning one of them
Degrees
- Bachelors of Arts – Dartmouth College – 1962
- Ph.D. in Biochemistry – Brandeis University – 1967
Awards/Accomplishments
- Officer of the Order of Canada (for major molecular biological thrust into cystic fibrosis research)
- 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal
- Member of the Royal Society of Canada – 1994
- Member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Source - MLA Format
Duckworth, John. "Famous Biologists - A history of biology in biography."Macroevolution.net. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 June 2012. <http://www.macroevolution.net/famous-biologists.html>.