Lois
K. Miller
Distinguished Research Professor of Genetics and Entomology
(Deceased 1999)
Inventor’s
Award 2001
Lamar Dodd
Creative Research Award 1996
Distinguished
Research Professor 1992
Lois K. Miller was nominated posthumously to receive the Inventor
of the Year Award. She was recognized internationally as a leading
expert on using insect viruses to control pests of agricultural
crops and conducted research on the molecular genetics of insect
viruses. Her work held significance for many areas of basic and
applied biology. Among her achievements was the development of
genetically improved viruses for environmentally friendly pesticides.
Her altered viruses control harmful pests and have minimal impact
on beneficial insect species. A Distinguished Research Professor
of Genetics and Entomology, Dr. Miller also conducted research
on programmed cell death, or apoptosis, a routine but important
process both in normal growth and development and in fighting
diseases and viral invasions. She and her students discovered
two classes of genes that could help inhibit programmed cell
death, a process also implicated in the development of diseases
from cancer to AIDS. Dr. Miller was elected to the National Academy
of Sciences in 1997 and was also a fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Microbiology.
She also was a charter member of the American Society of Virology.
Dr. Miller also received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a Merit
Award from the National Institutes of Health and the Chiron Biotechnology
Research Award from the American Society of Microbiology. She
held eight U.S. patents and authored some 150 articles in professional
journals. Her research was supported by grants from the National
Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Source: 22nd Annual Research Awards Program (2001)
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