Darwin Prockop

Darwin Prockop (born August 31, 1929) is an American biochemist and progenitor cell researcher. He has held academic posts at several universities, and has been a faculty member at the Texas A&M Health Science Center since 2008. Prockop has been elected to several academic societies, including the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.

Darwin Prockop
Born(1929-08-31)August 31, 1929
Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Known forMesenchymal stem cell research
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsTexas A&M Health Science Center

Biography

Prockop completed an undergraduate degree from Haverford College and a master's degree in animal physiology from Brasenose College, Oxford. He earned a medical degree (1956) from University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in biochemistry (1961) from George Washington University.[1]

He has been a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Jefferson Medical College, and Tulane University. At Tulane, he directed the Center for Gene Therapy. Since 2008, he has worked at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, where he is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine and the Stearman Chair in Genomic Medicine. He also serves as Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple.[1]

Research

Prockop's research as a biochemist has focused on collagen and connective tissue diseases such as osteogenesis imperfecta and Marfan syndrome. In 2001, he organized the first scientific meeting focused on mesenchymal stem cells. Stem cell researcher Massimo Dominici said that "the cell therapy landscape would look completely different without his involvement."[1]

Honors and awards

In 1991, Prockop was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The following year he was elected to the Institute of Medicine.[2][3] In 1994, he received a Distinguished Graduate Award from the Perelman School of Medicine.[4]

References
  1. "ISCT awards career achievement prize to Dr. Darwin J. Prockop - ISCT". International Society for Cellular Therapy. March 29, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  2. "Darwin Prockop". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  3. "Darwin Prockop : Health and Medicine Division". National Academy of Medicine. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  4. "Distinguished Graduate Award Recipients". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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