Bio
Assistant Professor, Stanford University, 1978
Associate Professor, Stanford University, 1986
Professor, Stanford University, 1991
Academic Appointments
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Professor (By courtesy), Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Member, Bio-X
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Member, Cardiovascular Institute
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Chair, Department of Molecular Pharmacology (1997 - 2002)
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Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology (2000 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1991)
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Member, National Academy of Medicine (1995)
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Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
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FASEB Excellence in Science Award, FASEB (1999)
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Honorary Doctorate, University of Nijmegen, Holland (2003)
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Member, National Academy of Sciences (2016)
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Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (2017)
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Member, National Academy of Inventors (2017)
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Honorary Doctorate, University of York, England (2018)
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Member, American Philosophical Society (2018)
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Member, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2019)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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President, American Society for Developmental Biology (1994 - 1995)
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National Advisory Council Member, National Institute of Aging (1996 - 2000)
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Board Member, American Society for Gene Therapy (1998 - 2002)
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Council Member, American Society for Cell Biology (2002 - 2004)
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Council Member, Institute of Medicine (IOM) of National Academy of Sciences (2003 - 2009)
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President, International Society of Differentiation (2004 - 2005)
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Member, Harvard Board of Overseers (2004 - 2010)
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Board Member, Ellison Medical Foundation (2007 - 2015)
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Member, Pew Scholars Advisory Committee (2011 - Present)
Professional Education
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B.A., University of York, Biology (1969)
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M.A., Harvard University, Biology (1970)
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Ph.D., Harvard University, Biology (1975)
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Postdoctoral, Dept. Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, Medical Genetics (1978)
Patents
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Helen Blau. "United States Patent 9918994B1 Compositions and methods for muscle regeneration using prostaglandin E2", Mar 20, 2018
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"United States Patent 8,852,579 Methods of inducing tissue regeneration", Oct 7, 2014
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"United States Patent 8,679,832 Biological sensor for protein interactions", Mar 25, 2014
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"United States Patent 8,586,294 Detection of protein translocation by beta-galactosidase reporter fragment complementation", Nov 19, 2013
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"United States Patent 8,541,175 Detection of molecular interactions using a reduced affinity enzyme complementation reporter system", Sep 24, 2013
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"United States Patent 8,426,138 GPCR functional assay: Detection of sub-cellular compartment localization of a molecule using a reduced affinity enzyme complementation reporter system", Apr 23, 2013
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"United States Patent 8,148,110 Detection of protein modification", Apr 3, 2012
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"United States Patent 7,582,417 Sequential reporter enzyme luminescence (srl) methods and compositions for practicing the same", Sep 1, 2009
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"United States Patent 7,223,537 Detection of molecular interactions by reporter subunit complementation", May 29, 2007
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"United States Patent 6,342,345 Novel system for detection of protein-protein interactions in mammalian cells", Jan 29, 2002
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Helen Blau. "United States Patent 5538722A Isolation, growth, differentiation and genetic engineering of human muscle cells", Jul 23, 1996