Philip A. Beachy
Philip Beachy | |
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Beachy at Stanford | |
| Born | Philip Arden Beachy October 25, 1958 Red Lake, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Hedgehog signaling pathway |
| Awards | NAS Award in Molecular Biology (1998) March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology (2008) Keio Medical Science Prize (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | The UBX Domain in the Bithorax Complex of Drosophila (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Hogness |
| Notable students | Michelle Monje |
| Website | |
Philip Arden Beachy (born October 25, 1958) is Ernest and Amelia Gallo Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. Beachy isolated the Hedgehog gene in flies, discovered how it is processed and released from cells, and identified its signaling mechanism in target cells.
He also studied the roles of Hedgehog signaling in development, regeneration and cancer, discovered small molecules that could block the Hedgehog pathway, and advanced them toward patient treatments.