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Sherr, Charles J.

 Person

Biography

Charles Sherr earned his joint M.D./Ph.D. degree from New York University in 1973. He is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator based at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. His work focuses on retroviral oncogenes, growth factors and their receptors, and cell cycle control. In 1991, Sherr's laboratory discovered the mammalian D-type G1 cyclins and went on to identify the cyclin-dependent kinases with which they associate, as well as a series of polypeptide inhibitors that negatively regulate their activities.

Sherr is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, has won numerous awards and is the author of more than 235 scientific articles. He joined the National Cancer Institute in 1973, becoming a member of the NIH staff in 1975 and head of the viral pathology section, Division of Cancer Cause and Prevention, in 1977. In 1983, he relocated to St. Jude. Sherr is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Charles J. Sherr Papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: CJS-2025
Dates: March 1991 - August 1992
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Charles J. Sherr Papers

 Collection
Identifier: CJS
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence between Charles Sherr and journal reviewers regarding two of Sherr's seminal papers published in Cell.

Along with the title pages of the papers are the comments and correspondence between Sherr and the various journal reviewers.

Dates: March 1991 - August 1992
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Charles Sherr, 2002-06-15

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Charles Sherr, cancer researcher, is interviewed by Mila Pollock on June 15, 2002, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.Scene 1. Becoming a scientist -- Scene 2. Virology research -- Scene 3. First visit to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory -- Scene 4. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Symposia and meetings -- Scene 5. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Board of Trustees -- Scene 6. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Scientist: David Beach -- Scene 7. Advice for...
Dates: 2002-06-15
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives / Oral History Collection / Talking Science Interviews

D-type cyclins and CDKs in cancer cell cycles

 Item
Identifier: HOS/14/4
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 4: Pathways

Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH
Scope and Contents The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2024. The interviewees provide first-hand accounts of their experiences in the fields of modern biology, such as neuroscience, cancer, genetics, plant genetics, genomics, biotechnology and others, from the 1940s through the 2000s. The collection contains audio and video recordings, as well as transcripts of interviews....
Dates: 1990 - 2024
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives