Leland Hartwell

Dr. Hartwell is the recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Working in yeast, he discovered the genes that control cell division; genes that turned out to be the universal machinery for cell growth in organisms from fungi to frogs to humans. From 1997 to 2010 Dr. Hartwell served as President and Director of the renowned Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He advised the National Cancer Institute in the creation of the NCI CPTAC proteomics program, and is currently the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Personalized Medicine at the Center for Sustainable Health, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University. Dr. Hartwell was the recipient of the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Award in cancer research, and the Genetics Society Medal of Honor. He received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.