Assistant Professor Bird (Physiology and Biochemistry), 1962
John W. C. Bird, Ph.D.
Professor II of Physiology
Intracellular Proteases and Lysosomal Diseases
| Professor Bird is an internationally recognized expert in the biochemical and biomedical functions of mammalian lysosomal proteases. During his 37 years at Rutgers, Dr. Bird led an active research program on proteases and lysosomal proteolysis that have taken him to laboratories throughout the world. His extensive collection of papers laid important groundwork in our understanding of protease activity in the process of skeletal muscle wasting diseases, such as muscular dystrophy. Dr. Bird is now retired and living with his wife, Evie in Corpus Christi, Texas. |
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| Professors Allen Boyden and Bird on the 40th Anniversary of the Bureau of Biological Research, 1976 |
Assistant Professor Bird (Physiology and Biochemistry), 1962 |
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1961
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, 1961-1965
National Science Foundation Fellow, Princeton University, 1964
Fullbright Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt 1964-1965
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, 1965- 1971
NIH Research Career and Development Award, 1966-1971
Fulbright Research Scholar, Laboratoire de Chimie Physiologique, Facultè de Medicine, Louvain University Belgium, 1969-1970
Professor of Physiology, 1971-1978
Director, Bureau of Biological Research, 1976-1987
Visiting Professor, University of the West Indies, Barbados 1980
Professor II of Physiology, 1978
Visiting Scholar, Jilin University, Peoples Republic of China 1980
Outstanding Professor Award, Parents Association, Rutgers College, 1981
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Outstanding Research Award, 1982, 1985
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, 1982- 1986