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Mark S. Ptashne is the Renaissance man of Harvard's molecular and cellular biology department...
...addition to being one of the world's foremost molecular biologists, he is also an accomplished violinist, businessperson and art collector...
Ptashne, the Smith professor of molecular biology, says he doesn't know whether his musical talents help him in his scientific research, but he notes that few scientists have such a "peculiar" lifestyle...
Ptashne recorded his work with lambda repressor in 'A Genetic Switch,' a monograph considered by many scientists to be one of the classics of molecular biology. The book is used by Harvard students taking Biological Sciences 10: "Introductory Molecular Biology," Biological Sciences 14: "Genetics," and Biological Sciences 1: "Introductory Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology...
...Ptashne teamed up with Thomas P. Maniatis, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology to found the Genetics Institute, a local biotechnology company which produces various growth factors and hormones. After serving as a scientific adviser for the company for 11 years, Ptashne left the firm...