Sharon R. Long

William C. Steere, Jr. - Pfizer Inc. Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor, by courtesy, of Biochemistry

Bio

Sharon Long received her undergraduate degree from Caltech, and carried out her PhD studies at Yale, working with Ian Sussex on plant development. She was a postdoc with Fred Ausubel where she began study of rhizobia-legume symbioses. She joined the Stanford faculty in 1982.

Academic Appointments

Professor, Biology
Professor (By courtesy), Biochemistry
Member, Bio-X
Faculty Fellow, Sarafan ChEM-H

Administrative Appointments

Dean, Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences (2001 - 2007)

Honors & Awards

Lifetime Research Award, International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions (2017)
Fellow, American Society for Plant Biology (2007)
Wilbur Cross Medal for graduate alumna/us, Yale University (2002)
Fellow, American Philosophical Society (2000)
Fellow, Association for Women in Science (1999)
Distinguished Alumni Award, California Institute of Technology (1998)
George Morel Memorial Fellowship, INRA, France (1998)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994)
Member, National Academy of Sciences (1993-)
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, MacArthur Foundation (1992-1997)
Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation (1984)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Member, President's Committee for the National Medal of Science (2011 - 2016)
Trustee, California Academy of Sciences (2009 - 2017)
Director, Annual Reviews, Incorporated (1994 - Present)

Professional Education

B.S. with Honors, California Inst. of Technology, Independ. Studies, Biochemistry (1973)
Ph.D., Yale University, Cell and Developmental Biology (1979)

Community and International Work

Regulation of symbiosis genes in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Topic

Molecular, genetic and biochemical study of bacteria-plant interaction

Partnering Organization(s)

National Institutes of Health

Populations Served

Location

Ongoing Project

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Opportunities for Student Involvement

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2023-24 Courses

Advanced Seminar in Microbial Molecular Biology
BIO 346, CSB 346, GENE 346 (Aut, Win)
Integrative and Experimental Microbiology
BIO 120, BIO 220 (Spr)
Microbiology Literature
BIO 178, BIO 278 (Aut)

Independent Studies
- Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
  EARTHSYS 297 (Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Biochemistry
  BIOC 299 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading in Biology
  BIO 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Reading in Biophysics
  BIOPHYS 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Directed Research
  EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  BIO 300 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  BIOPHYS 300 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research and Special Advanced Work
  BIOC 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Honors Program in Earth Systems
  EARTHSYS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  BIOC 370 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Out-of-Department Directed Reading
  BIO 198X (Sum)
- Out-of-Department Graduate Research
  BIO 300X (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Out-of-Department Undergraduate Research
  BIO 199X (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Teaching Practicum in Biology
  BIO 290 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- The Teaching of Biochemistry
  BIOC 221 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Undergraduate Research
  BIO 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  BIOC 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)

Prior Year Courses

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Steven Massa, Iris Mollhoff, Kevin Shih, Jessica Zhang
Undergraduate Major Advisor
Nicholas Panyanouvong

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Biochemistry (Phd Program)
Biology (School of Humanities and Sciences) (Phd Program)
Biophysics (Phd Program)

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