Michael Greenberg Personal Page

Background

Date of Birth: May 25, 1954

Place of Birth: Miami Beach, Florida

Formative Years: Brooklyn, New York

Education:

• 1976 B.A. Wesleyan University
• 1982 Ph.D. The Rockefeller University in Gerald Edelman's laboratory

• 1982-1983 Research Fellow, The Rockefeller University (Biochemistry) in Gerald Edelman's laboratory
• 1983-1986 Research Fellow, New York University Medical Center (Molecular Biology) in Edward Ziff's laboratory

• 1986-1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics--Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

• 1987-1991 Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology--Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

• 1991-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics--Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

• 1993-1994 Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics--Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

• 1994- Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurobiology--Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

• 1994- Director, Division of Neuroscience--Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115

Favorite Phrases and Aphorisms

All I can say is ...

A shortcut is the longest path between two points.

But, . . . it's your decision.

Don't waste clean thought on dirty enzymes. (from Arthur Kornberg)

You have to keep focused.

Everyone's jumping on my back.

Taken together, these data show . . .

It's your career.

Put it this way . . .

If you don't have time to do it right, you'll have time to do it again.

To make it in this business . . .

I've got news for you.

You better get moving, the word's out.

You gotta admit, . . .

. . ., don't you think?

Life in the Fos Lane a song written for Mike