Matthew P. Scott
Matthew P. Scott is an American biologist who was the tenth president of the Carnegie Institution for Science. While at Stanford University, Scott studied how embryonic and later development is governed by proteins that control gene activity and cell signaling processes. He co- discovered homeobox genes in Drosophila melanogaster working with Amy J. Weiner at Indiana University.
Matt Scott | |
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| Born | Matthew P. Scott |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Homeobox |
| Spouse | Margaret T. Fuller |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1999) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Developmental biology |
| Institutions | Stanford University Carnegie Institution for Science University of Colorado Boulder Indiana University |
| Doctoral advisor | Mary Lou Pardue |
| Notable students | Sean B. Carroll Chris Q. Doe Eileen Furlong (postdoc) |
| Website | profiles |
Among his laboratory's discoveries, he is recognized for the cloning of the patched gene family and demonstration that a human homolog PTCH1 is a key tumor suppressor gene for the Hedgehog signaling pathway as well as the causative gene for the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, or Gorlin syndrome.
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