Milton Schlesinger

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Milton Schlesinger (born 1927, [1] d. October 27, 2017) was a professor (later emeritus) of molecular microbiology at the Washington University School of Medicine, known for his role in the study of heat shock proteins. [2] [3]

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Academic career

Schlesinger attended Yale University as an undergraduate and received his bachelor's degree in physics in 1951. He then earned his master's degree in biophysics in 1953 from the University of Rochester and his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1959 from the University of Michigan. He spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome, Italy, and three years as a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining the faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri in 1967. He would remain there for the rest of his scientific career, reaching the rank of full professor in 1972 and serving two stints as the acting chair of the microbiology department. He took visiting positions and sabbaticals at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories and at Harvard University. Schlesinger retired and assumed professor emeritus status in 1999. [2] [4]

Schlesinger's virology research focused on viral replication and assembly. Among his best-known work is his study of heat shock proteins, which he was the first to identify in vertebrate cells [2] and on which he co-edited a book, Stress Proteins, in 1990. [5] Along with Sondra Schlesinger, he co-edited a major reference work on togaviruses and flaviviruses. [6]

Schlesinger became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1999. [2] [7]

Personal life

Schlesinger was married to fellow WUSTL professor and virology researcher Sondra Schlesinger for 62 years. He died on October 27, 2017. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "In Memoriam". American Society for Virology.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Obituary: Milton J. Schlesinger, professor emeritus, 89". Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. 2 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Schlesinger, MJ (25 July 1990). "Heat shock proteins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 265 (21): 12111–4. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)38314-0 . PMID   2197269.
  4. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae: Milton J. Schlesinger". Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Schlesinger, Milton J.; Santoro, M. Gabriella; Garaci, Enrico, eds. (1990). Stress Proteins : Induction and Function. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   978-3-642-75817-1.
  6. ↑ Schlesinger, edited by Sondra Schlesinger, Milton J. (1986). The Togaviridae and Flaviviridae. Boston, MA: Springer New York. ISBN   9781475707854.{{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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