Thomas Schwarz

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Thomas Schwarz
Born
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard College, Harvard Medical School
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics, neurobiology
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorEdward Kravitz

Thomas L Schwarz is an American neuroscientist and molecular biology researcher at Children's Hospital, Boston,[1] and a professor of Neurology and Neurobiology in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.[2]

Thomas Schwarz is best known for discovering and characterizing the Drosophila protein Milton.[3] This protein has been shown to be crucial to mitochondrial localization to the nerve terminal.

Education[edit]

Thomas Schwarz graduated from Harvard College, where he was heavily involved with the college's WHRB radio, before earning a PhD from Harvard Medical School. His doctoral advisor was scientist Edward Kravitz.

References[edit]

  1. ^ CHB. "CHB". CHB. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ Harvard Medical School. "HMS". Harvard. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. ^ Stowers, Steven; Laura J. Megeath; Jolanta Górska-Andrzejak; Ian A. Meinertzhagen; Thomas L. Schwarz (12 December 2002). "Axonal Transport of Mitochondria to Synapses Depends on Milton, a Novel Drosophila Protein". Neuron. 36 (6): 1063–1077. doi:10.1016/S0896-6273(02)01094-2. PMID 12495622. S2CID 10397128.