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Jon C. Aster
Born
Ann Arbor, Michigan
CitizenshipUS
EducationUniversity of Michigan
PartnerErin Malone
Children2
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School

Jon Christopher Aster is an American pathologist who researches the role of the notch signaling pathwayinleukemia. He is the Michael Gimbrone Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. He has been a co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease since 2016.

Early life and education[edit]

Jon Christopher Aster was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan as the eldest child born to his parents. His father, Richard Aster, was a physician and medical researcher. His parents divorced when he was eleven, and he moved with his mother to Boston. He attended the University of Michigan (UM), where he was initially interested in pursuing a meteorology degree but later switched to microbiology. After graduating, his father recommended that he worked for George Brewer, a faculty member in UM's department of human genetics, while he determined his career path. Aster worked in Brewer's lab for a year before re-enrolling as a doctoral student at UM. He graduated in 1987 with a PhD and Doctor of Medicine in human genetics. For his doctoral research he studied the physiologyofred blood cells.[1]

Career[edit]

Aster began his medical residencyatBrigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in 1987, finishing a hematopathology fellowship in 1990 and a molecular oncology fellowship in 1993. In 1996 he became an assistant professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School; he was promoted to associate professor in 2000.[2] he currently works there as the Michael Gimbrone Professor of Pathology.[1] Much of his research has focused on the Notch signaling pathway and its role in leukemia.[3] He has been co-editor of the Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease since 2016.[4] He has co-authored several pathology books[5] along with Dr. Vinay Kumar (pathologist) and Dr. Abul K. Abbas.

Personal life[edit]

Aster enjoys golfing and has competed in many father/son golfing tournaments with his father Richard.[1] He is married to Erin Malone[6] and has two children.[7]

References[edit]

[8]

  1. ^ a b c "Pulling Back the Curtain: Richard Aster, MD, and Jon Aster, MD, PhD". ASH Clinical News. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  • ^ "Jon Aster". Brigham Research Institute. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  • ^ "People". Aster Laboratory. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  • ^ Pai, Sanjay A. (2017). "Review of Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, 2016". Current Science. 112 (11): 2327–2329. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 26163840.
  • ^ "Jon C. Aster". Textbooks For Life. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  • ^ Bunn, H. Franklin; Aster, Jon C., eds. (17 December 2010). "Preface". Pathophysiology of Blood Disorders. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ISBN 978-0-07-171377-1.
  • ^ Aster, Jon C.; Pozdnyakova, Olga; Kutok, Jeffery L., eds. (2012). Hematopathology. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 11. ISBN 9781455737581.
  • ^ Jon Aster's Publications on Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=VaJfIfIAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jon_C._Aster&oldid=1217698526"

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