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RAYMOND GESTELAND
Raymond Gesteland earned his Ph. D from Harvard University. He was working in Geneva as a postdoc in Alfred Tissieres' and Pierce Barrs' lab, when he began looking for work back in the U.S.. John Cairns hired him in Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1967 where he began work as Assistant Director for Research with Jim Watson. His research in the lab involved working on translation and trying to understand the regulation of translation of HT4 infected cells. He then began more research work into translation systems for eukaryotic cells to begin understanding the genes in alden adeno replicaton. Gesteland is currently the Vice President for Research, Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics, and Chairman on the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah.
REFERENCES:
CSHL Oral History Web Site
http://library.cshl.edu/OH/mainMovie.html
http://library.cshl.edu/sp/scientists/john_cairns/bios/bio_gesteland_01.html
http://www.bioscience.uth.edu/mbFaculty/gesteland/gesteland.html