Lois K. Miller

Lois Kathryn Miller

Lois Kathryn Miller
Born (1945-10-08)October 8, 1945
Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
Died November 9, 1999(1999-11-09) (aged 54)
Athens, Georgia, United States
Melanoma
Nationality United States
Fields Virology, genetics
Institutions University of Wisconsin–Madison (1967–1971), California Institute of Technology and Imperial Cancer Research Fund (1971–1976), University of Idaho (1976–1986), University of Georgia (1986–1999)
Alma mater Upsala College (BS), University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
Thesis A study of two enzymatic activities associated with deoxyribonucleic acid polymerases: I. The exonucleolytic activity of the Micrococcus luteus DNA polymerase; II. Nucleoside diphosphokinase (1971)
Doctoral advisor Robert D. Wells
Doctoral students Lorena Passarelli, Rollie Clem
Notable awards Lamar Dodd Award for Outstanding Research, National Institutes of Health Merit Award, Chiron Biotechnology Research Award
Spouse Karl Espelie
Children Erin Espelie

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Lois Kathryn Miller (October 8, 1945[note 1] – November 9, 1999) was an American geneticist and academic. She was a Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics and Entomology at the University of Georgia.

Biography

Miller was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. She completed her undergraduate education at Upsala College and a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Joining the faculty at the University of Idaho in 1976, she moved to the University of Georgia ten years later, becoming a Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics and Entomology.[1][2] Miller focused her research on baculoviruses and programmed cell death.[3] In 1991, her team at the University of Georgia discovered the anti-apoptotic properties of the baculoviral Early 35 kDa protein (P35).[4]

Miller was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2][5] She died of melanoma in 1999.[3]

Notes

  1. Miller's National Academy of Sciences biographical memoir lists two birthdates – this one and May 2, 1945.

References

  1. "Lois K. Miller: A Biographical Memoir" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Lois K. Miller: Inventor's Award, 2001". University of Georgia. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Friesen, Paul (February 2001). "Lois K. Miller". Cell Death & Differentiation. 8 (2): 111–112. doi:10.1038/sj.cdd.4400830. PMID 11313712. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  4. Clem, Rollie J.; Fechheimer, M; Miller, L. K. (29 November 1991). "Prevention of apoptosis by a baculovirus gene during infection of insect cells". Science. 254 (5036): 1388–90. Bibcode:1991Sci...254.1388C. doi:10.1126/science.1962198. PMID 1962198.
  5. "Lois K. Miller". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved November 25, 2015.


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