6th Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles
Incumbent
Assumed office August 1, 2007
Preceded by
Albert Carnesale Norman Abrams (Acting)
Personal details
Born
(1948-08-17) August 17, 1948 (age 75)[citation needed] Monticello, New York, U.S.
Education
Stanford University (BA) University of Oregon (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
Neurobiology
Institutions
University of Virginia
University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis
Efferent control of the circadian oscillator in the eye of Aplysia(1975)
Doctoral advisor
Marvin Gordon-Lickey
Other academic advisors
Donald Kennedy Colin Pittendrigh
Doctoral students
Douglas G. McMahon
Other notable students
Andrew Millar Nancy L. Wayne
Gene David Block (born 17 August 1948)[1] is an American biologist and academic administrator who has been serving as the current and 6th chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles since August 2007. Previously at the University of Virginia, Block served as executive vice president and provost from 2001 to 2007, vice president for research and public service from 1998 to 2001, and vice provost for research from 1993 to 1998.
On 3 August 2023, Block announced his intention to step down as chancellor of UCLA, effective on July 31, 2024.[2]
^"Gene Gene Block". Marquis Who's Who. Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
^Watanabe, Teresa (2023-08-03). "UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to step down after boosting enrollment, diversity, rankings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
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within a single cell. That is, it is cell-autonomous. This was shown by GeneBlock in isolated mollusk basal retinal neurons (BRNs). At the same time, different...
movement proteins encoded by three overlapping ORFs that form the Triple GeneBlock module (TGBp1, TGBp2, and TGBp3), and the CP (coat protein). Virus indexing...
A tumor suppressor gene (TSG), or anti-oncogene, is a gene that regulates a cell during cell division and replication. If the cell grows uncontrollably...
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encode for a replication-associated protein, a movement-associated triple geneblock and a capsid protein. A polyvalent degenerate oligonucleotide reverse...
contains six open reading frames that encode for a viral replicase, a triple geneblock and capsid proteins. Lee, B. Y.; Choi, S. H.; Ryu, K. H. (2003). "Characterization...
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Gene silencing is the regulation of gene expression in a cell to prevent the expression of a certain gene. Gene silencing can occur during either transcription...
Alice Geneva "Gene" Kloss (née Glasier; July 27, 1903 – June 24, 1996) was an American artist known today primarily for her many prints of the Western...
Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products...
Gene structure is the organisation of specialised sequence elements within a gene. Genes contain most of the information necessary for living cells to...
A gene drive is a natural process and technology of genetic engineering that propagates a particular suite of genes throughout a population by altering...
determine the fate of aleurone cells during development. Mutants of the dek1 geneblock the formation of aleurone and cause the cells to develop as starchy endosperm...
Hox genes, a subset of homeobox genes, are a group of related genes that specify regions of the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis of animals...
human herpes viruses is less strong, but many homologues and conserved geneblocks are still found. There are at least five clades of this virus. Clades...
persona when he presented late-night evangelistic television broadcasts. Gene Scott was born in Buhl, Idaho. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophies of Education...
(E.C. 1.4.3.4) that in humans is encoded by the MAOA gene. This gene is one of two neighboring gene family members that encode mitochondrial enzymes which...
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