2006-07 Distinguished Speaker Series

Speaker Biography

MARK S. BOGUSKI joined the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) in January 2005, both to found and to grow NIBR’s new integrated program in genome and proteome sciences. He is well-known globally for his leadership and expertise in bioinformatics. Most recently he served as the Director of the Allen Brain Atlas project, in addition to holding affiliate faculty appointments at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and in the Department of Medicine/Genetics at the University of Washington. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of Research and Development for Rosetta Inpharmatics, Inc.

Dr. Boguski has authored or co-authored more than 100 scholarly books and articles and is the recipient of the Regents’ Award from the National Library of Medicine and the Director’s Award from the National Institutes of Health. He is a former editor of Genome Research, has served on the board of reviewing editors for Science magazine and is currently editor-in-chief of Genomics.

Dr. Boguskis received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and pursued specialty training in pathology.