Gerald Joyce, MD, PhD

President
Professor
Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics

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Modeling the origins of life: New evidence for an “RNA World”

LA JOLLA—Charles Darwin described evolution as "descent with modification." Genetic information in the form of DNA sequences is copied and passed down from one generation to the next. But this …


Gerald Joyce to become next president of the Salk Institute

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has named Gerald Joyce as its next president, following an extensive, six-month search process. Having served as the Institute’s senior vice president and chief science officer …


Salk Institute names Gerald Joyce senior vice president and chief science officer

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has named Gerald Joyce, a professor in the Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics, to the position of senior vice president and chief …


Gerald Joyce elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Gerald Joyce, a pioneer in the field of in vitro evolution, has been elected to the prestigious Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as a foreign member. The …


Salk scientist Gerald Joyce named 2017 AAAS Fellow for contributions to science

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Gerald Joyce has been a named a 2017 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. He earned …


Education

BA, Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago
PhD, Neurosciences / Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
MD, Medicine, University of California, San Diego


Awards & Honors

  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Foreign Member, 2019
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow, 2017
  • Harvard Origins Prize, Harvard University, 2016
  • National Academy of Medicine Member, 2014
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member, 2012
  • US National Academy of Sciences Award for Early Earth and Life Sciences (Stanley Miller Medal), 2010
  • Göttingen Academy of Science, Dannie Heineman Prize, 2009
  • International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life HC Urey Award, 2005
  • National Academy of Sciences Member, 2001
  • Hans Sigrist Prize, University of Bern, Switzerland, 1997
  • Herbert W. Dickerman Award, State of New York Department of Health, 1997
  • Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, Biological Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 1995
  • National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology, 1994