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Jack Donald Keene

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke Box 3020, Durham, NC 27710
207 Research Drive, 414 Jones Box 3020, Durham, NC 27717

Awards & Honors


Honorary Member

International The LARP (La-And-Related-Protein) Society · 2014 For cDNA cloning and biochemical characterization of the the human La RNA-binding protein, the first member of the LARP family, in 1985.

AAAS Fellow

National The American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2010

Elected Member

National The Henry Kunkel Honorary Society · 2000 For deriving the first DNA clones of several human autoimmune rheumatological antigens.

Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology

National American Society of Microbiology · 1991

Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

National The Pew Charitable Trusts · 1985