John Woodland Hastings
John Woodland "Woody" Hastings, PhD., (March 24, 1927 – August 6, 2014) was an American scientist, educator, and writer.
John Woodland Hastings | |
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| Born | March 24, 1927 |
| Died | August 6, 2014 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College, 1944-1947; B.A. 1947 (Navy V-12 medical officers training program)
Princeton University, 1948-1951; M.A. 1950, PhD. 1951 - adviser E. N. Harvey Johns Hopkins University, 1951-1953 Postdoctoral Fellow with W. D. McElroy |
| Known for | Founding circadian biology |
| Awards | NATO Senior Fellow in Science, Foundation Curie, Orsay, France, 1977 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bioluminescence, Circadian rhythms |
| Institutions | Instructor in Biological Sciences Northwestern University 1953-1957
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry University of Illinois 1957-1966 Professor of Biology Harvard University, 1966-1986; Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Natural Sciences Harvard University 1986 - present |
| Doctoral students | David Johnson States[1][2] |
Early life
Hastings was born in Salisbury, Maryland. He lived in Seaford, Delaware during his early childhood. Hastings studied at Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Hastings moved to Lenox School in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1941.[3][4]
Career
Hastings was a leader in the field of photobiology, especially bioluminescence. He was one of the founders of the field of circadian biology (the study of circadian rhythms, or the sleep-wake cycle).[5] He was a professor at Harvard University.[6][7] He has published over 400 papers and co-edited three books.[7]
Death
Hastings died of pulmonary fibrosis on August 6, 2014 at Lexington, Massachusetts.[8]
References
- ↑ "David J. States". Stateslab.org. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ UT Health Science Center at Houston. https://www.uth.edu/index/index.htm.
- ↑ http://www.pnas.org/content/104/3/693.full.pdf
- ↑ Davis, Tinsley H. (2007-01-10). "Profile of J. Woodland Hastings". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 104 (3): 693–5. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104..693D. doi:10.1073/pnas.0610519104. PMC 1783375. PMID 17215362.
- ↑ "2006 Farrell Prize recipient J. Woodland Hastings | Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard". Sleep.med.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ "Faculty Profile: J. Woodland Hastings, PhD | Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School". Sleep.med.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Hastings Lab: J. Woodland Hastings". Mcb.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ↑ Slotnik, Daniel E. (9 August 2014). "J. W. Hastings, 87, a pioneer in bioluminescence research, dies". New York Times.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/science/j-w-hastings-87-a-pioneer-in-bioluminescence-research-dies.html?_r=1. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
For more information
- McElroy, W.D.; Hastings, J.W.; Sonnenfeld, V.; Coulombre, J. (1953). "The requirement of riboflavin-phosphate for bacterial luminescence". Science. 118 (3066): 385–386. Bibcode:1953Sci...118..385M. doi:10.1126/science.118.3066.385. PMID 13101761.
- Hastings, J.W.; McElroy, W.D.; Coulombre, J. (1953). "The effect of oxygen upon the immobilization reaction in firefly luminescence". J. Cell and Comp. Physiol. 42 (1): 137–150. doi:10.1002/jcp.1030420109. PMID 13084711.
- Hastings, J.W. (1952b). "Oxygen concentration and bioluminescence intensity II: Cypridina hilgendorfii". J. Cell. And Comp. Physiol. 40 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1002/jcp.1030400102. PMID 12981130.
- Hastings, J.W. (1952a). "Oxygen concentration and bioluminescence intensity. I: Bacteria and fungi". J. Cell and Comp. Physiol. 39 (1): 1–30. doi:10.1002/jcp.1030390102. PMID 14907815.
For works by Hastings
- Publications by J.W. Hastings Archived 2010-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites
- Hastings' Department of Molecular and Cellular Faculty Page Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Hastings Lab Home Page Archived 2010-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Hastings Page at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
- National Academy of Sciences profile of Professor J. Woodland Hastings