Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, Grant Application

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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle):

Duesberg, Peter H.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Give the following information for the key personnel and consultants and collaborators. Begin with the principal
investigator/program drector. Photocopy this page for each person.

NAME POSITION TITLE
Duesberg, Peter H. Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
EDUCATION (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR FIELD OF STUDY
CONFERRED
University of Wirzburg, Wurzburg, Germany Vordiplom 1956-1958 Chemistry
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 1958-1959
University of Munich, Munich, Germany Diplom 1959-1961 Chemistry
University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany Ph.D. 1961-1963 Chemistry
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Concluding with present position, list, in chronological order, previous employment, experience, and
honors. Key personnel include the principal investigator and any other individuals who participate in the scientific development or execution of the project.
key personnel typically will include all individuals with doctoral or other professional degrees, but in some projects will include individuals at the masters or
baccalaureate level provided they contribute in a substantive way to the scientific development or execution of the project Include present membership on
any Federal Government public advisory committee. List, in chronological order, the titles, all authors, and complete references to all publications during the
past three years and to representative earlier publications pertinent to this application. DO NOT EXCEED TWO PAGES.

Max-Planck Institute for Virus Research, Tilbingen, Germany
Dept. of Molecular Biology (thru 06/89 *) and Virus
Laboratory
* Dept. of Molecular & Cell Biology (following reorganization
in 1989)
University of California, Berkeley, CA

Postdoctoral Fellow
Assistant Research
Virologist and Postdoctoral
Fellow
Assistant Professor in
Residence and Research
Biochemist
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Professor

1963
1964
1968

1970
1971
1973 to
present

Publications During the Past Three Years:

Goodrich, D. W. and Duesberg, P. (1990) Evidence that retroviral transduction is mediated by DNA, not by
RNA. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:3604-3508.
Goodrich, D. W. and Duesberg, P. H. (1990) Retroviral recombination during reverse transcription. Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:2052-2056.
Zhou, H. and Duesberg, P. H. (1990) A retroviral promoter is sufficient to convert proto-src to a transforming
gene that is distinct from the src gene of Rous sarcoma virus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:9128-9132.
Chakraborty, A. K., Cichutek, K., and Duesberg, P. H. (1991) Transforming function of proto-ras genes
depends on heterologous promoters and is enhanced by specific point mutations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 88:227-2221.
Duesberg, P. H. (1991) AIDS epidemiology: Inconsistencies with human immunodeficiency virus and with
infectious disease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:1575-1579.
Duesberg, P. H. (1991) 1st das Aids-Virus Science-fiction? In Was macht den Menschen krank? 18 Kritische
Analysen, eds. Jork, K., Kauffmann, B., Lobo, R., and Schuchardt, E.; Birkhaiuser Verlag, Berlin, 199 -224.

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