Yale biologist Frank H. Ruddle, a pioneer in genetics research, has been honored with the 2000 Connecticut Innovations Special Achievement Award for contributions to the state in both business and science.
The award is presented annually by Connecticut Innovations to a company or resident whose "lifetime" accomplishments have led to long-term, technology-related economic development in Connecticut. Ruddle was given the award at the Connecticut Innovations Technology Exhibition and Dinner on Sept. 14.
In its award program book, Connecticut Innovations noted that Ruddle has "advanced scientific thought around the world and enhanced Connecticut's technology landscape."
Ruddle, who is Sterling Professor of Biology in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been a Yale faculty member since 1961. In 1980, he and a team of Yale scientists made national headlines when they transferred genetic material from a virus to a mouse. A year later, they implanted a human gene into a mouse. In 1984 Ruddle contributed to another major scientific breakthrough as part of a Yale team that, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Basel in Switzerland, successfully matched genes controlling the development of the fruit fly with those of a mouse.
Ruddle served as a member of a committee of the National Research Council that pushed for the program to determine the entire human genetic blueprint, called the Human Genome Project. He is also credited with inventing the gene mapping technique that served as the foundation of the project.
The Connecticut Innovations awards program also noted the decades of work Ruddle has been involved in beyond his own laboratory.
"As chairman of Yale University's Department of Biology in the late 1970s, Dr. Ruddle forged an innovative partnership between Yale and Bayer Corp.," reads the program. "It led to the spin-off of new companies, prompted the creation of Yale's Office of Cooperative Research and established a pattern of university/industry cooperation that continues to invigorate Connecticut's technology community. He has stimulated the growth of technology companies through his decade of service on the board of Science Park, his leadership of the Route 34 Biomedical Park, and as a consultant to Genaissance Pharmaceuticals and CuraGen Corp."
This is the 10th year that Connecticut Innovations has presented the awards. In addition to Ruddle's honor, the organization also gave awards to companies and individuals in recognition of distinguished service and outstanding sales and job growth.
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