Walter Gilbert

Physicist, Academic

1932 –

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Who is Walter Gilbert?

Walter Gilbert is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder

of Paratek Pharmaceuticals. A well-known molecular biologist, he

is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard University.

He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development

of DNA sequencing. Dr. Gilbert has had a long track record of

experience in the biotechnology industry. He was a co-founder

and CEO of Biogen, Inc.; more recently, he was a co-founder of

Myriad Genetics, Inc. and is currently Vice-Chairman of Myriad's

Board of Directors. Dr. Gilbert is also Chairman of the Board

of Directors of NetGenics, Inc.; he is a Director of Memory

Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and he is a member of the Scientific

Advisory Board of Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.

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Born
Mar 21, 1932
Boston
Also known as
  • Walter Gilbert, Ph.D.
  • Dr. Walter Gilbert
  • Walter Phd Gilbert
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Harvard University
  • Sidwell Friends School
    ( - 1949)
  • PhD, University of Cambridge
    Physics
    ( - 1957)
Employment
  • Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Lived in
  • Boston
  • Massachusetts

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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