Ralph L. Brinster
Ralph L. Brinster was born in Montclair, New Jersey, United States on March 10th, 1932 and is the American Geneticist. At the age of 92, Ralph L. Brinster biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brinster has spent his entire academic career at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine; from 1956 to 1960 as a veterinary student, from 1960 to 1964 as a postdoctoral fellow and PhD Candidate, and then continuing as a faculty member. He was appointed associate professor in 1966, professor in 1970, and the Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology in 1975, a position he still holds. In 1969 he founded the Veterinary Medical Scientist Training Program, the first and only combined VMD (DVM)/PhD program funded by the National Institutes of Health, serving as its Director until 1984. Since 1969 the Program has trained more than 100 combined degree graduates that serve in many senior positions throughout the country. From 1997 to 2007, he was Scientific Director of the Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research at the School of Veterinary Medicine. From 2007 to 2008, he was Founding Co-Director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, one of the leading programs in the world. He trained more than 50 pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in his laboratory and taught physiology to professional students in the School of Veterinary Medicine every year from 1964 to 2020. In 2020, the Ralph L. Brinster President’s Distinguished Professorship was established by the University of Pennsylvania to recognize the outstanding scientific contributions of Brinster.
- 1960–1961 American Veterinary Medical Association Fellow University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- 1961–1964 Pennsylvania Plan Scholar University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
- 1983 Award in Biological and Medical Sciences New York Academy of Sciences
- 1984 Harvey Society Lecturer
- 1986 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1986 Member of the Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences
- 1987 Honored by an International Symposium W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center
- 1987 Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1989 Distinguished Service Award U.S. Department of Agriculture
- 1991 Nobel Symposium Invited Lecturer, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1992 Fellow American Academy of Microbiology
- 1992 Fundación Juan March Lecture Madrid, Spain
- 1992 Pioneer Award of the International Embryo Transfer Society
- 1994 Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer highest honor of the French Academy of Sciences (with Richard Palmiter)
- 1994 Doctor Honoris Causa in Medicine University of the Basque Country, Spain
- 1995 Alumni Award of Merit University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
- 1996 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology with Beatrice Mintz (inaugural year)
- 1997 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science Franklin Institute
- 1997 Carl Hartman Award of the Society for the Study of Reproduction
- 1997 John Scott Medal for Scientific Achievement City Trusts of Philadelphia
- 1998 Honored by a Special Festschrift Issue, dedicated to Dr. Brinster and the worldwide impact of his contributions; International Journal of Developmental Biology
- 1998 Pioneer in Reproduction Research Award National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
- 1999 George Hammel Cook Distinguished Alumni Award Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- 2000 Charlton Lecture Tufts University School of Medicine
- 2000 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- 2001 Ernst W. Bertner Award University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in recognition of pioneering contributions to cancer research.
- 2002 Highly Cited Researcher (1980-2000), Designated by the Institute for Scientific Information. About 1 in 1000 authors are in this category.
- 2003 Wolf Prize in Medicine, Israel "for the development of procedures to manipulate mouse ova and embryos, which has enabled transgenesis and its applications in mice". with Mario Capecchi and Oliver Smithies
- 2003 Selected for the Hall of Honor National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (15 members, total)
- 2006 Gairdner Foundation International Award, Canada "for pioneering discoveries in germ line modification in mammals."
- 2010 National Medal of Science, United States "for fundamental contributions to the development and use of transgenic mice."
- 2011 International Society of Transgenic Technology Award Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. From the Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
- 2012 Career Excellence in Theriogenology Award. From the Theriogenology Foundation on behalf of the American College of Theriogenologists and the Society for Theriogenology.
- 2015 Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Calgary, Canada.
- 2015 Fellow of the American Physiological Society.
- 2017 Ralph L. Brinster President’s Distinguished Professorship, University of Pennsylvania.
- 2019 Frontiers of Germ Cell Research. Brinster Spermatogonial Stem Cell Transplantation 25th Anniversary Symposium, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
