Angelika Amon
Austrian American molecular and cell biologist and academic
Angelika Amon, PhD (January 10, 1967 – October 29, 2020) was an Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist. She was the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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 Angelika Amon in October 2017. | |
| Born | January 10, 1967 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | October 29, 2020 (aged 53) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Citizenship | Austria & United States |
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| Known for | Chromosome duplication and cell division |
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| Doctoral advisor | Kim Nasmyth |
Amon's research focused on how chromosomes are regulated and repeated in the cell cycle. Amon was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017.
Amon died of ovarian cancer on October 29, 2020 in Cambridge at the age of 53.[1]
References
change- ↑ Schroeder, Bendta (October 30, 2020). "Angelika Amon, cell biologist who pioneered research on chromosome imbalance, dies at 53". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
Other websites
change- MIT Department of Biology homepage
- Amon Lab homepage Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Koch Institute homepage
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute homepage Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Angelika Amon Seminar: Consequences of Aneuploidy
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