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    William R.

    Brinkley
    William R. "Bill" Brinkley, was an American cellular biologist and scientific advocate[1] and served as
    a Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.
    Brinkley was recognized particularly for contributing to discovery of the attachment of chromosomes to
    the mitotic spindle apparatus.

    Biography
    Brinkley earned his undergraduate degree in general biology from Sam Houston State University, where
    he later taught biology and maintained the school's small natural history museum.[2] He then earned a
    master's degree in biology, under Dr. James "Jimmy" Long, working with mosquitoes. He earned his PhD
    in the lab of John H. D. Bryan at Iowa State University in 1964, followed by NIH post-doctoral training
    with Tao-Chiuh Hsu at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and an assistant and
    associate professor of biology until 1972, when he accepted a position as Professor and Director of Cell
    Biology in the Department of Human Biological Chemistry at the University of Texas Medical Branch at
    Galveston, Texas.[1]

    In 1966, Brinkley was the first to characterize and visualize the kinetochore, a complex protein structure
    that guides chromosomes to split evenly between daughter cells during mitosis and meiosis.[3] He
    continues to make key contributions in cellular replication and developmental biology, and was honored
    in a dedicated FASEB meeting titled the "Brinkley-Fest of Mitosis" in 2007.[3] Brinkley passed away on
    10 November 2020, at the age of 84.[4]

    Research focus
    Brinkley is attempting to uncover the molecular basis of errors and defects in the nucleus and mitotic
    apparatus that cause aneuploidy.

    Memberships and awards


    Brinkley has served on numerous journal editorial boards including Journal of Cell Biology and Cell. He
    briefly served as president of the American Society for Cell Biology (1979–1980). He was the recipient
    of a Merit Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, for his research on cell
    division and genomic instability in tumor cells. He served as President of Federation of American
    Societies for Experimental Biology from 1998 to 1999.He currently serves on the board of the Genetics
    Policy Institute. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine and is recognized as a Distinguished
    Alumnus from Sam Houston State University, Iowa State University, and The University of Texas M. D.
    Anderson Cancer Center. In 2014, he received the highest honor from the American Society for Cell
    Biology, the E.B. Wilson Medal.[5]

    References
    1. http://www.researchamerica.org/brinkley_william Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/2008
    0424051126/http://www.researchamerica.org/brinkley_william) 2008-04-24 at the Wayback
    Machine Research America biography profile
    2. "Friends Honor Alumnus With Scholarship" (http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/T@S/2011/brin
    kleyscholarship.html). Communications Office, Sam Houston State University, (SHSU).
    2011. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
    3. Heald, Rebecca (2007). "Brinkley-Fest of Mitosis" (https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.devcel.2007.
    07.010). Developmental Cell. 13 (2): 168–76. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2007.07.010 (https://doi.o
    rg/10.1016%2Fj.devcel.2007.07.010). PMID 17681129 (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17
    681129).
    4. Garrison, Howard H.; Masters, Bettie Sue; Bond, Judith (2021-03-30). "William R. Brinkley
    (1936–2020)" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019260). FASEB
    BioAdvances. 3 (4): 280–281. doi:10.1096/fba.2021-00034 (https://doi.org/10.1096%2Ffba.2
    021-00034). ISSN 2573-9832 (https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2573-9832). PMC 8019260
    (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019260).
    5. Fleischman, John (2014). "Giants of the Cytoskeleton Win E.B. Wilson Medal" (http://www.a
    scb.org/ascb-post/giants-of-the-cytoskeleton-win-e-b-wilson-medal/). American Society for
    Cell Biology. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

    External links
    Institute of Medicine Membership Information (http://www.iom.edu/CMS/2951/16476.aspx?b
    rowseby=Last+Name&filterby=a)
    Baylor College of Medicine faculty profile (http://www.bcm.edu/star/?PMID=3002)
    American Society for Cell Biology profile (http://www.ascb.org/index.cfm?navid=110&id=127
    1&tcode=nws3)

    Scientific Lineage
    Neurotree Lineage (http://neurotree.org/neurotree/tree.php?pid=9502)

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