Alan G. Hinnebusch, Ph.D.

Alan Hinnebusch received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, in 1975 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1980. He studied as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Gerald R. Fink at Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1980 to 1983. He joined the NICHD as a Senior Staff Fellow in 1983 and became Chief of the Laboratory of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation in 1995. In 2000, he was appointed as Chief of the Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development and Head of the Section on Nutrient Control of Gene Regulation. Dr. Hinnebusch serves on the editorial boards of Genes and Development and the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and he is organizer of the recurring Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on Translational Control. He has published more than 100 research articles in refereed journals and more than 30 review articles and book chapters pertaining to his field of research. In 1994 he was named Maryland's Outstanding Young Scientist and was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in the same year.

Contact Information:

Alan G. Hinnebusch, Ph.D.
Section on Nutrient Control of Gene Expression
Lab of Gene Regulation and Development
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Building 6A, Room B1-A13A (Lab)
Building 18T, Room 106 (Office)
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-4480
Fax: 301-496-6828
E-mail: ahinnebusch@nih.gov