Before being appointed director of the NIH, Collins led the Human Genome Project and other genomics research initiatives as director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of the 27 institutes and centers at NIH.
Sebelum diangkat menjadi direktur NIH, Collins memimpin Human Genome Project dan berbagai inisiatif penelitian genomika lain sebagai direktur National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), salah satu dari 27 institut dan center pada NIH.
Before joining NHGRI, he earned a reputation as a gene hunter at the University of Michigan.
Sebelum bergabung dengan NHGRI, ia memperoleh reputasi sebagai seorang "gene hunter" ("pemburu gen") pada Universitas Michigan.
He has been elected to the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science.
Ia telah dipilih masuk ke dalam Institute of Medicine dan National Academy of Sciences, serta menerima Presidential Medal of Freedom dan National Medal of Science.
Collins has written books on science, medicine, and religion, including the New York Times bestseller The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.
Collins juga menulis sejumlah buku dalam bidang sains, kedokteran, dan agama, termasuk buku terlaris menurut New York Times, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.
After leaving the directorship of NHGRI and before becoming director of the NIH, he founded and served as president of The BioLogos Foundation, which promotes discourse on the relationship between science and religion and advocates the perspective that belief in Christianity can be reconciled with acceptance of evolution and science, especially through the theistic evolution idea that the Creator brought about his plan through the processes of evolution.
Setelah meninggalkan kepemimpinan NHGRI dan sebelum menjadi direktur NIH, ia mendirikan dan sekaligus menjadi presiden The BioLogos Foundation, yang mempromosikan discourse mengenai hubungan antara sains dan agama serta mengadvokasi perspektif bahwa kepercayaan Kristen dapat diselaraskan dengan penerimaan evolusi dan sains, terutama melalui pengembangan kreasi evolusioner.
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Collins to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Pada tahun 2009 Paus Benediktus XVI mengangkat Collins ke dalam Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Collins was born in Staunton, Virginia, the youngest of four sons of Fletcher Collins and Margaret James Collins.
Collins dilahirkan di Staunton, Virginia, sebagai yang termuda dari empat putra Fletcher Collins dan Margaret James Collins.
Raised on a small farm in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, Collins was home schooled until the sixth grade.
Ia dibesarkan di sebuah pertanian kecil di Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, dengan pendidikan di rumah sampai kelas enam.
He attended Robert E. Lee High School in Staunton, Virginia.
Kemudian ia bersekolah di Robert E. Lee High School di Staunton, Virginia.
Through most of his high school and college years he aspired to be a chemist, and he had little interest in what he then considered the "messy" field of biology.
Selama masa sekolah menengah atas dan perguruan tinggi ia bercita-cita menjadi kimiawan, dan ia kurang berminat pada bidang biologi yang dianggapnya "messy".
What he referred to as his "formative education" was received at the University of Virginia, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1970.
Apa yang disebutnya "pendidikan formatif" diperolehnya di Universitas Virginia, di mana ia meraih gelar Bachelor of Science dalam bidang Kimia pada tahun 1970.
He went on to graduate as a Doctor of Philosophy in physical chemistry at Yale University in 1974.
Ia melanjutkan sampai memperoleh gelar Doctor of Philosophy dalam bidang Kimia Fisik di Universitas Yale pada tahun 1974.
During his time at Yale, a course in biochemistry sparked his interest in the subject.
Ketika di Yale, suatu mata kuliah biokimia membangkitkan minatnya.
After consulting with his mentor from the University of Virginia, Carl Trindle, he changed fields and enrolled in medical school at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, earning a Doctor of Medicine degree there in 1977.
Setelah berkonsultasi dengan mentornya dari Universitas Virginia, Carl Trindle, ia berganti bidang studi dan kuliah di sekolah kedokteran pada University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, meraih gelar Doctor of Medicine di sana pada tahun 1977.
From 1978 to 1981, Collins served a residency and chief residency in internal medicine at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill.
Dari tahun 1978 sampai 1981, Collins bekerja dalam program residensi dan chief residency pada bagian internal medicine pada North Carolina Memorial Hospital di Chapel Hill.
He then returned to Yale, where he was a fellow in human genetics at the medical school from 1981 to 1984.
Kemudian ia kembali ke Yale, di mana ia menjadi Fellow pada bagian Human Genetics di sekolah kedokteran dari tahun 1981 sampai 1984.
At Yale, Collins worked under the direction of Sherman Weissman, and in 1984 the two published a paper, "Directional cloning of DNA fragments at a large distance from an initial probe: a circularization method".
Di Yale, Collins bekerja di bawah direksi Sherman Weissman, dan pada tahun 1984 kedua sarjana tersebut menerbitkan sebuah makalah, "Directional Cloning of DNA Fragments at a Large distance From an Initial Probe: a Circularization Method".
The method described was named chromosome jumping, to emphasize the contrast with an older and much more time-consuming method of copying DNA fragments called chromosome walking.
Metode yang dijabarkan dinamai chromosome jumping ("melompatkan kromosom"), untuk menekankan perbedaan dengan metode lama yang memakan lebih banyak waktu untuk menyalin fragmen DNA yang dinamai chromosome walking ("menjalankan kromosom").
His gene-hunting approach, which he named "positional cloning", developed into a powerful component of modern molecular genetics.
Pendekatan perburuan gen yang dinamainya "positional cloning" ("kloning positinal"), berkembang menjadi suatu komponen yang sangat berguna bagi genetika molekuler modern.
In 1993, National Institutes of Health Director Bernadine Healy appointed Collins to succeed James D. Watson as director of the National Center for Human Genome Research, which became National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in 1997.
Pada tahun 1993 National Institutes of Health Director Bernadine Healy mengangkat Collins untuk menggantikan James D. Watson sebagai direktur National Center for Human Genome Research, yang kemudian menjadi National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) pada tahun 1997.
As director he oversaw the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, which was the group that successfully carried out the Human Genome Project.
Sebagai direktur, ia membawahi International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, yaitu grup yang berhasil melaksanakan Human Genome Project.
In June 2000 Collins was joined by President Bill Clinton and biologist Craig Venter in making the announcement of a working draft of the human genome.
Pada bulan Juni 2000 Collins bersama-sama Presiden Bill Clinton dan biologis Craig Venter membuat pengumuman suatu draft kerja dari genome manusia.
On July 8, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Collins as director of the National Institutes of Health, and the Senate unanimously confirmed him for the post.
Pada tanggal 8 Juli 2009, Presiden Barack Obama menominasikan Collins sebagai Direktur National Institutes of Health, dan Senate dengan suara bulat memberi konfirmasi baginya untuk jabatan itu.
Collins's love of guitar playing and motorcycle riding is often mentioned in articles about him.
Tercatat bahwa Collins suka bermain gitar dan naik sepeda motor di berbagai artikel mengenainya.
While directing NHGRI, he formed a rock band with other NIH scientists.
Ketika menjadi direktur NHGRI, ia membentuk sebuah band rock dengan para ilmuwan NIH lain.
Sometimes the band, called the Directors, dueled with a rock band from Johns Hopkins University led by cancer researcher Bert Vogelstein.
Kadang-kadang band yang dinamai "The Directors" itu bermain bersama band rock dari Johns Hopkins University, yang dipimpin oleh peneliti kanker Bert Vogelstein.
Lyrics of the Directors' songs included spoofs of rock and gospel classics re-written to address the challenges of contemporary biomedical research.
The Directors meliputi spoofs lagu-lagu klasik rock dan gospel yang kata-katanya diubah untuk menjawab tantangan riset biomedis kontemporer.
Collins has performed at TEDMED 2012, StandUpToCancer, The 2017 Southern Methodist University Commencement and Rock Stars of Science.
Collins pernah tampil pada TEDMED 2012, StandUpToCancer, and Rock Stars of Science.
While leading the National Human Genome Research Institute, Collins was elected to the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.
Sewaktu memimpin National Human Genome Research Institute, Collins diangkat masuk ke dalam Institute of Medicine dan National Academy of Sciences.
Collins and Venter shared the "Biography of the Year" title from A&E Network in 2000.
Collins dan Venter berbagi gelar "Biography of the Year" dari A&E Network pada tahun 2000.
In 2005, Collins and Venter were honored as two of "America's Best Leaders" by U.S. News & World Report and the Harvard University Center for Public Leadership.
Pada tahun 2005, Collins dan Venter diberi kehormatan sebagai dua dari "America's Best Leaders" oleh U.S. News & World Report dan Harvard University Center for Public Leadership.
In 2005 Collins received the William Allan Award from the American Society of Human Genetics.
Ia menerima penghargaan William Allan Award dari American Society of Human Genetics pada tahun 2005.
In 2007 he was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.
Pada tahun 2007 ia dianugerahi Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2008, he was awarded the Inamori Ethics Prize, as well as the National Medal of Science.
Pada tahun 2008 ia diberi penghargaan "Inamori Ethics Prize" dan National Medal of Science.
A conversation with a hospital patient led him to question his lack of religious views, and he investigated various faiths.
Namun, setelah menangani pasien yang hampir mati ia mempertanyakan pandangan agamawinya sendiri, dan menyelidiki berbagai kepercayaan.
He familiarized himself with the evidence for and against God in cosmology, and on the recommendation of a Methodist minister used Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis as a foundation to develop his religious views.
Ia mempelajari bukti yang mendukung atau menyangkal adanya Allah dalam kosmologi, dan menggunakan buku Mere Christianity tulisan C. S. Lewis sebagai landasan untuk memeriksa pandangan agamawinya.
Principles of Medical Genetics, 2nd Edition, with T. D. Gelehrter and D. Ginsburg (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998)
Principles of Medical Genetics, 2nd Edition, with T.D. Gelehrter and D. Ginsburg (Williams & Wilkins, 1998)
The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions with Karl Giberson (InterVarsity Press; February 15, 2011)
The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions with Karl Giberson IVP Books (February 15, 2011)
List of events in National Human Genome Research Institute history Science and religion "Dr. Francis S. Collins: On The Trail Of Disease Genes".
List of events in National Human Genome Research Institute history Science and religion "Dr. Francis S. Collins: On The Trail Of Disease Genes" Diarsipkan 2005-05-02 di Wayback Machine.. Businessweek.