Richard A. Lockshin

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birth_date = December, 1937
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nationality = United States
ethnicity = cellular biologist
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alma_mater = Harvard University
doctoral_advisor = Carroll Williams
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known_for = apoptosis
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Richard A. Lockshin (b. 1937) is an american cellular biologist known for his work on apoptosis. He was educated at Harvard University where, in 1959, he obtained his bachelor's degree. This was followed by doctoral studies at Harvard University under the guidance of Carroll Williams, Lockshin focused mainly on developmental cell death in insects and for which he received his Ph.D. in 1963. In 1964, Lockshin and Williams published their landmark contribution on ‘Endocrine potentiation of the breakdown of the intersegmental muscles of silkmoths’, in which they coined the term, programmed cell death during a time when little research was being carried out on this topic.

Richard Lockshin has made significant contributions to the ‘cell death’ community. He was one of the founders of the International Cell Death Society and acted as the society's President from 1998 through 2002.

Richard Lockshin is currently a professor at St. John's University (Jamaica, NY).

References

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ee also

* Apoptosis