Steven McKnight
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Steven McKnight, Ph.D, is a professor and chair of the department of biochemistry at UT Southwestern. His research is in the area of transcriptional regulation.
McKnight received his bachelor's degree from University of Texas in 1974 and his PhD from University of Virginia in 1977.[1] He was an Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator from 1988 to 1992.[2]
Criticism
As president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McKnight published messages in the society's newsletter critical of young scientists, calling them "riff-raff" and saying that "The average scientist today is not of the quality of our predecessors”.[3] He complains that biomedical research now attracts researchers who “never would have survived as scientists in the 1960s and 1970s", and that the funding crisis can be attributed to the NIH review committees being “undoubtedly contaminated by riff-raff”.[4] The month prior, he had derided young scientists for being uninformed on the historic methods of biochemistry.[5] These opinions attracted media attention and criticism from many in the scientific community.[4]
Awards
- 1989 Eli Lilly and Company-Elanco Research Award
- 1991 Monsanto Award of National Academy of Sciences
- 1992 Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1992 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2007 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2014 Wiley Prize
References
- ↑ "Steven McKnight, Ph.D. - Faculty Profile - UT Southwestern". profiles.utsouthwestern.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/mcknightlab/McKnightCV.pdf
- ↑ "President' s Message: The curse of committees and clubs". asbmb.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- 1 2 "'Riff-raff' charge angers young researchers : Nature News & Comment". nature.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
- ↑ "President' s Message: Down but not out". asbmb.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.