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James J. Collins

ジェームズ・J・コリンズ　/　じぇーむず・J・こりんず

American physicist

June 26, 1965 (age 60)　・　New York City, New York, United States

New York
physicist
university teacher

My Take

James Collins fascinates me because he is a boundary-crosser, a physicist who helped invent synthetic biology by treating cells like programmable circuits. That audacious leap, applying engineering logic to living systems, is the kind of lateral thinking that births entirely new fields. The real proof of his impact lies downstream, in how his synthetic gene networks shaped detection and treatment work for Ebola, Zika, and SARS-CoV-2. A Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Fellow with the Max Delbruck Prize to match, he clearly has the credentials, but what I value is the imagination behind them. People who refuse to stay in one discipline tend to see the world differently.

Overview

James Joseph Collins (born June 26, 1965) is an American systems biologist, biomedical engineer, and biophysicist who is one of the founders of synthetic biology. He is known for pioneering synthetic gene networks and programmable cells, which launched the field of synthetic biology and influenced research in the detection and treatment of Ebola, Zika, and SARS-CoV-2.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): James J. Collins
Name (Japanese): ジェームズ・J・コリンズ
Reading: じぇーむず・J・こりんず
Born: June 26, 1965 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Snake
Origin: New York City, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: physicist / university teacher

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Bishop Guertin High School
University: College of the Holy Cross

Awards & achievements

2003 MacArthur Fellows Program
1987 Rhodes Scholarship
honorary member
1999 Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 Pierre Galletti Award
2020 Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics
2007 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.collinslab.mit.edu/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BBJ%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

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