Technician, Newport Hospital (1956–1957) Scientist, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (1961–1966) Professor, Georgetown University (1967–1972) Professor, University of Washington (1972–1981) Professor, Stanford University (1981–2018)
Known for
Antibiotic resistance and molecular microbiology research
Partner(s)
Rhoda Ostroff (m.1958–1983) Lucy S. Tompkins (m. 1983–2018)
Children
2
Awards
Robert Koch Prize
Marjory Stephenson Prize
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
Howard Taylor Ricketts Award
National Medal of Science
Scientific career
Thesis
An episomic element in a strain of Salmonella typhosa(1960)
Doctoral advisor
Charles ("Doc") Arthur Stuart, Brown University
Signature
Stanley "Stan" Falkow (January 24, 1934 – May 5, 2018) was an American microbiologist and a professor of microbiology at Georgetown University, University of Washington, and Stanford University School of Medicine. Falkow is known as the father of the field of molecular microbial pathogenesis.[1]
He formulated molecular Koch's postulates, which have guided the study of the microbial determinants of infectious diseases since the late 1980s.[2] Falkow spent over 50 years uncovering molecular mechanisms of how bacteria cause disease and how to disarm them.[1] Falkow also was one of the first scientists to investigate antimicrobial resistance, and presented his research extensively to scientific, government, and lay audiences explaining the spread of resistance from one organism to another, now known as horizontal gene transfer, and the implications of this phenomenon on our ability to combat infections in the future.[1]
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Stanley "Stan" Falkow (January 24, 1934 – May 5, 2018) was an American microbiologist and a professor of microbiology at Georgetown University, University...
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bacterial plasmids (with Royston C. Clowes, Roy Curtiss III, Naomi Datta, StanleyFalkow and Richard Novick). From 1978 to 1986, Cohen served as chair of the...
without fulfilling all of the criteria. In 1988, American microbiologist StanleyFalkow published a molecular version of Koch's postulates to establish correlation...
Science in the Suds, Wiley 2013: ISBN 978-1-118-67497-0. Martin Dworkin, StanleyFalkow (2006). The Prokaryotes: Proteobacteria: alpha and beta subclasses....
a model for studying carriage in the gallbladder. Denise Monack and StanleyFalkow described a mouse model of asymptomatic intestinal and systemic infection...
Tomáš Hauer Cyano Database of genera: Nodularia Martin Dworkin and StanleyFalkow (2006) The Prokaryotes: a handbook on the biology of bacteria, Published...
of the Department of Medicine embedded at the MRC LMB. Working with StanleyFalkow at Stanford, she developed the strategy of using Mycobacterium marinum...
pioneer in sleep research, first to describe obstructive sleep apnea StanleyFalkow – Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research, conducted...
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prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease. Special Achievement StanleyFalkow A 51-year career as one of the great microbe hunters of all time – he...
he was known for being very experienced and skilled. He worked with StanleyFalkow during Stan's PhD thesis work and assisted him in isolating and discovering...
David Schlessinger (1995) Carol A. Nacy (1996) Kenneth I. Berns (1997) StanleyFalkow (1998) Stuart Levy (1999) Julian Davies (2000) 2001–present Martha Howe...
Auflage. Springer, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-387-24145-6 Martin Dworkin, StanleyFalkow, Eugene Rosenberg, Karl-Heinz Schleifer, Erko Stackebrandt: The Prokaryotes...
David Schlessinger (1995) Carol A. Nacy (1996) Kenneth I. Berns (1997) StanleyFalkow (1998) Stuart Levy (1999) Julian Davies (2000) 2001–present Martha Howe...
original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2010. Martin Dworkin, StanleyFalkow (2006). The Prokaryotes: Proteobacteria: alpha and beta subclasses....
David Schlessinger (1995) Carol A. Nacy (1996) Kenneth I. Berns (1997) StanleyFalkow (1998) Stuart Levy (1999) Julian Davies (2000) 2001–present Martha Howe...
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychology, Harvard Medical School StanleyFalkow (PhD 1961) – father of microbiology, discoverer of the molecular nature...
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