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Zbigniew (Zbyszek) Darzynkiewicz (born 1936 in Dzisna[1] – 28 February 2021)[2] was a Polish-American cell biologist active in cancer research and in developing new methodologies in flow cytometry.[3][4]

Darzynkiewicz was a professor in the Department of Pathology, & Department of Medicine at New York Medical College – a member of the Touro College and University System, and the director of its Brander Cancer Research Institute.[5][6]

From 1985 to 1990, he was member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College.[7] His professional affiliations include member (foreign) of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[8] and of the Polish Academy of Learning.[9] He was a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering[10] previously (1986-1987) serving as president of the Cell Cycle Society and (1993–1994) as president of the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry.[11][12] He was Editor-in-Chief of the Open Medicine,[13] a founding member of the Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists of Polish Origin and Ancestry[14] and a trustee of the Kosciuszko Foundation.[15] From 1986 to 1999 he was an advisory board member to The Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation, which annually awarded the Jurzykowski Prize.[16]

Darzynkiewicz was the recipient of an honorary degree from Medical University of Warsaw in Poland,[17][18] the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Award from the Jozef Pilsudski Institute in America[19] and the Casimir Funk Award from the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz Home Page".
  2. ^ "Kosciuszko Foundation - American Center of Polish culture - In Memoriam Dr. Darzynkiewicz". www.thekf.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ Demidenko, ZN; Studzinski, GP; Blagosklonny, MV (May 2004). "From cytometry to cell cycle: a portrait of Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz" (PDF). Cell Cycle. 3 (5): 525–8. doi:10.4161/cc.3.5.866. PMID 15107608.
  4. ^ "Cytometry in Service of Cell Biology and Cancer Research". Purdue Cytometry Volume 10. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Brander Cancer Research Institute : New York Medical College | Touro College". New York Medical College. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  6. ^ "Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D. : New York Medical College | Touro College". New York Medical College. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  7. ^ "ORCID".
  8. ^ "Członkowie Polskiej Akademii Nauk" [Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences] (in Polish). Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Polska Akademia Umiejętności - Członkowie Wydziału V Lekarskiego". Polska Akademia Umiejętności. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  10. ^ "Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D. COF-1162". AIMBE. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  11. ^ http://isac-net.org/About/Our-History.aspx
  12. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-society-for-advancement-of-cytometry [self-published source]
  13. ^ "Open Medicine".
  14. ^ "EMINENT SCIENTISTS OF POLISH ORIGIN AND ANCESTRY". Thekf.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  15. ^ "BOARD OF TRUSTEES". Thekf.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  16. ^ "The Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation Prizes". The Polish Review. 11 (1): 121–128. 1966. JSTOR 25776649.
  17. ^ https://www.wum.edu.pl/2014-06-26-profesor-zbigniew-darzynkiewicz-doktorem-honoris-causa-naszej-uczelni
  18. ^ Poczet Doktoratow Honoris Causa. Ewa Skrzypek, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, second edition,2016.
  19. ^ http://www.pilsudski.org/data/CaseStatement.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  20. ^ "PIASA Prominent Members - Past And Present". Piasa.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
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