Does anyone know how I can find out the names and titles of people considered to be at the forefront in the field of genetics?
For starters, try the Scientific American 50
I’ll throw out two names: Dr. Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Research Institute; and Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics. At one time adversarial rivals, both appeared on the cover of TIME magazine in 2000 for their work in mapping the human genetic code.
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The word “genetics” is pretty broad. Do you mean human? Plant? Bacterial? Molecular? Genome mapping? etc, etc.
A good place to start is Nature’s expert panel that responded to the publication of the human genome. These were scientists judged to be leading experts in their fields within genetics that were invited by one of the two preeminent scientific journals (Science being the other) to comment on this achievement. I’d say that is pretty high praise.
Actually, if you poke around on that “Genome Gateway” section, pretty much any author on there can be considered on the forefront of genetics.
For a more quantitative answer, turn to Science Watch . The most recent data I could find (for mol biol/genetics) is here. Of course, this issue is from a year ago, and you’ll have to pay if you want newer data, but it’s a good place to start.
Thanks jK. Those were great links and I’ve already found some of what I’m looking for.
And to clarify – I’m interested in the names of top researchers in the areas of human genetics/genomics
I thought at last count Wilt Chamberlain was the all-time leader.
I don’t know how much he produced, but his pipette sure got a workout.
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