Last updated on:
1/2/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Barry J. Dickson, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Scientific Director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is Sexual Orientation Determined at Birth?"
- Reasoning:
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“We show that male [gene] splicing is essential for male courtship behavior and sexual orientation. More importantly, male [gene] splicing is also sufficient to generate male behavior in otherwise normal females. These females direct their courtship toward other females (or males engineered to produce female pheromones).
The splicing of a single neuronal gene thus specifies essentially all aspects of a complex innate behavior.”
Cell, June 3, 2005
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Key Experts
MD's and PhD's in psychology, with significant post-doctorate involvement in human sexuality issues. [Note: Key Experts definition varies by sites that have this designation.] - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Group Leader, Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2013-present
- Scientific Director, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMP), 2005-2013
- Editorial Board, Trends in Neuroscience, 2003-present
- European Molecular iology Organization (EMBO), 2003-present
- Editorial Board, PLoS Biology, 2003-present
- Wittgenstein Award, Austrian Science Foundation, 2005
- Senior Scientist, IMP, 2003-2005
- Group Leader, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, 1998-2002
- EMBO Young Investigator Award, 2000
- Junior Group Leader, Zoologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, 1996-1998
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Corey Goodman, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1995
- Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1994-1995
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Ernst Hafen, Zoologisches Institut der Universität Zürich, 1993-1994
- EMBO Short Term Fellowship, 1992
- Research Assistant, Salk Institute, 1987-1989
- Education:
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- PhD, University of Zürich, Switzerland, 1992
- BSc, University of Melbourne, Australia, 1987
- BSc, University of Melbourne, Australia, 1984
- Other:
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- Research Assistant, Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne, 1984-1986
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