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== Career ==
== Career ==
Farber was an assistant professor at [[Thomas Jefferson University]]. In 2004, he became a staff researcher at the [[Carnegie Institution for Science]].<ref name=":0" /> He works in the department of embryology. In 2018, he was awarded a 5-year $3.3 million NIH grant for researching novel pharmaceuticals and diseases associated with altered levels of lipoproteins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carnegiescience.edu/news/steven-farber-awarded-33-million-nih-grant-identify-new-pharmaceuticals-fight-cardiovascular|title=Steven Farber Awarded $3.3-Million NIH Grant To Identify New Pharmaceuticals To Fight Cardiovascular Disease|last=Science|first=Carnegie|date=2018-10-10|website=Carnegie Institution for Science|language=en|access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref>
Farber was an assistant professor at [[Thomas Jefferson University]]. In 2004, he became a staff researcher at the [[Carnegie Institution for Science]].<ref name=":0" /> He works in the department of embryology. In 2018, he was awarded a 5-year $3.3 million NIH grant for researching novel pharmaceuticals and diseases associated with altered levels of lipoproteins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carnegiescience.edu/news/steven-farber-awarded-33-million-nih-grant-identify-new-pharmaceuticals-fight-cardiovascular|title=Steven Farber Awarded $3.3-Million NIH Grant To Identify New Pharmaceuticals To Fight Cardiovascular Disease|last=Science|first=Carnegie|date=2018-10-10|website=Carnegie Institution for Science|language=en|access-date=2018-12-26}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
* 2018 [[Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education]] from the [[Genetics Society of America]] <ref> {{cite web|url=http://genestogenomes.org/genetics-society-of-america-honors-steven-farber-and-jamie-shuda-with-2018-elizabeth-w-jones-award-for-excellence-in-education/|title=Genetics Society of America honors Steven Farber and Jamie Shuda with 2018 Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education|publisher=Genetics Society of America|accessdate= 5 February 2020}} </ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 19:36, 5 February 2020

Steven Arthur Farber is an American scientist. He is a staff scientist at Carnegie Institution for Science.

Education

Steven Arthur Farber completed a bachelor of science in engineering with a major in electrical and biomedical engineering from Rutgers University in 1986. He earned a master of science in technology and policy in 1991 and a doctor of philosophy in neurology in 1993 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1][2] His dissertation was titled Neuronal activity and membrane turnover in rat brain.[2] His thesis supervisor was Richard Wurtman. Farber was a Carnegie Fellow in Marnie Halpern's laboratory.[1]

Career

Farber was an assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University. In 2004, he became a staff researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science.[1] He works in the department of embryology. In 2018, he was awarded a 5-year $3.3 million NIH grant for researching novel pharmaceuticals and diseases associated with altered levels of lipoproteins.[3]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Science, Carnegie (2014-11-12). "Steven Farber". Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  2. ^ a b Farber, Steven Arthur (1993). Neuronal activity and membrane turnover in rat brain (Thesis thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  3. ^ Science, Carnegie (2018-10-10). "Steven Farber Awarded $3.3-Million NIH Grant To Identify New Pharmaceuticals To Fight Cardiovascular Disease". Carnegie Institution for Science. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  4. ^ "Genetics Society of America honors Steven Farber and Jamie Shuda with 2018 Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education". Genetics Society of America. Retrieved 5 February 2020.