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Education

B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, Univ. of Illinois (Urbana), 1978
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Chicago, 1983
M.D., University of Chicago, 1985

Academic Positions

Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Biochemistry (1988 - )
Associate Chair (2000-2006) and Chair of Biochemistry (2006 - )
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1997 - )
Stanford University School of Medicine

Director, Medical Scientist Training Program (1996 - 2002)
Stanford University School of Medicine

Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry (1983-5)
University of Chicago

Research

Current research on the genetic, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of epithelial tube formation and branching morphogenesis of the Drosophila tracheal system and mouse lung.

Postdoctoral research on transcriptional regulation by the Drosophila developmental control gene Ultrabithorax, Stanford University, 1985-88. Advisor, Dr. David Hogness.

Ph.D. dissertation research on DNA topology and mechanisms of recombination enzymes, University of Chicago, 1979-1983. Advisor, Dr. Nicholas Cozzarelli.

Contact Information

Mark Krasnow, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biochemistry
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Department of Biochemistry
Stanford University School of Medicine
Beckman Center B400
279 Campus Drive
Stanfod, CA 94305-5307

krasnow at stanford dot edu (e-mail)
650-723-7191 (phone)
650-723-6783 (fax)