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Lander, Eric S.

 Person

Biography

Eric Lander earned his A.B. in mathematics from Princeton University (1978) and D.Phil. in mathematics as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University (1981).

He first came to the Whitehead Institute as a Whitehead Fellow in 1986, while still an assistant professor of managerial economics at the Harvard Business School and is currently Director of the Whitehead Center for Genome Research and Professor of Biology at MIT. As director of the Whitehead Center for Genome Research, Dr Lander has been one of the principal leaders of the Human Genome Project, contributing 30 percent of the total sequence of the human genome and developing and making freely available many of the key tools used in modern mammalian genomics.

He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and has been awarded the Beckman Prize for Lab Automation, the Chiron Prize for Biotechnology, and the Gairdner Award for his outstanding contribution to genomic research.

Lander has attended every human genome meeting at CSHL. At the request of Jim Watson, Lander gave his first lecture at the 1986 CSHL symposium on the Molecular Biology of Homo Sapiens.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence 1987 (2 of 2), 1987

 File — Box 41, Folder: 4
Identifier: WAG_b41_f04_001
Scope and Contents From the Series: The CORRESPONDENCE series is divided into two sets, one from each accession. The first contains a small amount of letters and related material covering the period of 1954-2000 which were found unorganized in the first accession of material (Box 13). The bulk of this material relates to his time at Cambridge University (1954-1957), and includes correspondence with the National Science Foundation (regarding his fellowship), administrative material (including his admission letter), scientific...
Dates: 1987
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Walter Gilbert Collection / Series VI: Correspondence / Correspondence (Set 2)

Dorcas Cummings Lecture: Eric Lander, 1993-06-06

 File
Identifier: PO_096_DC_Lander_Eric
Scope and Contents

Mary Lindsay discusses the history of the symposia and Dorcas Cummings Lectures and introduces David Luke Chairman of the CSHL Board of Trustees who introduces James D. Watson who introduces Dorcas Cummings Lecturer Eric Lander who presents "Mapping Genes and Genomes"

Dates: 1993-06-06
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Audio Visual Collection / VHS

Eric Lander, 2003-06-03

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Eric Lander, a principal leader of the Human Genome Project, is interviewed by Mila Pollock and Kiryn Haslinger on June 3, 2003, at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Carnegie Library, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.Eric Lander talks about the Human Genome Project, in particular the 1986 Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on the Molecular Biology of Homo Sapiens, and the competition between public and private efforts to sequence the human genome established by Craig Venter and Celera...
Dates: 2003-06-03
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Oral History Collection / Talking Science Interviews

Faxed letter from David Baltimore to Sydney Brenner, 31/03/1989

 Item — Box CP01, Folder: 40
Identifier: SB_1_1_39_58
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates: 31/03/1989
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Sydney Brenner Collection / Record Group I / Series I: Correspondence (SB/1) / Sub-Series I: Correspondence - Personal (SB/1/1) / Baltimore, David

Genetic Approaches to Schizophrenia, 1988-04-17 - 1988-04-20

 File
Scope and Contents The Genetic Approaches in Schizophrenia meeting brought together expert geneticists and psychiatrists who have been studying the genetics of schizophrenia. The aim of the meeting was to determine if the armamentarium of molecular genetics that has been applied so successfully in other human inherited disorders can be applied to schizophrenia. However, it became clear during the course of the meeting that so little is known about the underlying biology of schizophrenia, and its definitive...
Dates: 1988-04-17 - 1988-04-20
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Banbury Conference Center Audio Collection, 1989-1995

Genomics at scale

 Item
Identifier: HOS/14/6
Dates: 2025-03-26 - 2025-03-29
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / CSHL Annual History of Science Meetings Collection / Series 14: Cancer Genetics: History and Consequences / Session 6: Looking into the Future

History-HGP: The History of the Human Genome Project

 File
Identifier: HOS/13
Dates: 2023-09-27 - 2023-09-30
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / CSHL Annual History of Science Meetings Collection / Series 13: Recombinant DNA: Fifty Years of Discovery and Debates

Letter from David Baltimore and Maurice Fox to Sydney Brenner, 4/8/1988

 Item — Box CP01, Folder: 40
Identifier: SB_1_1_39_51
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates: 4/8/1988
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Sydney Brenner Collection / Record Group I / Series I: Correspondence (SB/1) / Sub-Series I: Correspondence - Personal (SB/1/1) / Baltimore, David

Letter from Sydney Brenner to David Baltimore #12, 9/9/1988

 Item — Box CP01, Folder: 40
Identifier: SB_1_1_39_49
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates: 9/9/1988
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Sydney Brenner Collection / Record Group I / Series I: Correspondence (SB/1) / Sub-Series I: Correspondence - Personal (SB/1/1) / Baltimore, David

Letter from Sydney Brenner to David Baltimore #14, 6/4/1989

 Item — Box CP01, Folder: 40
Identifier: SB_1_1_39_57
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing handwritten and typed letters, carbons, postcards, faxes, and telegrams generated during Sydney Brenner's career. The bulk of this series covers the late 1940s to the 2000s. Correspondents include over 30 Nobel laureates, as well as biochemists, geneticists, students, publishers, and others. Highlights of the collection include the correspondence from Francis Crick, with whom Brenner shared an office for 20 years. Topics covered...
Dates: 6/4/1989
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Sydney Brenner Collection / Record Group I / Series I: Correspondence (SB/1) / Sub-Series I: Correspondence - Personal (SB/1/1) / Baltimore, David