Stephen Joseph Elledge | |
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| Born | (1956-08-07) August 7, 1956 |
| Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BSc) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Known for | Cell cycle research DNA repair research |
| Spouse | Mitzi Kuroda |
| Awards | NAS Award in Molecular Biology Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Genetics Society of America Medal Dickson Prize Canada Gairdner International Award Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research Gruber Prize in Genetics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics Molecular biology |
| Institutions | Harvard University Brigham and Women's Hospital Baylor College of Medicine Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford University |
| Thesis | Identification and characterization of genes involved in mutagenesis in Escherichia coli (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Graham C. Walker |
Stephen Joseph Elledge (born August 7, 1956) is an American geneticist. He is the current Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and of Medicine at the Department of Genetics of Harvard Medical School and in the Division of Genetics of the Brigham and Women's Hospital. His research is focused on the genetic and molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic response to DNA damage and is known as the discoverer of the DNA damage response (DDR).