birth_place awards image_size fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
massena , new york , u.s. e.b. wilson medal -lrb- 2006 -rrb- 150px cell biology yale university 4 october 1933 joel rosenbaum
 joel rosenbaum syracuse university st. lawrence university
joel rosenbaum

joel rosenbaum -lrb- born october 4 , 1933 -rrb- is a professor of cell biology at yale university .
rosenbaum received his bachelor 's degree from syracuse university in 1955 , and later his m.sc .
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from st. lawrence university in 1957 .
he returned later to syracuse for his masters in 1959 and ph.d. in 1963 .
his lab at yale studies cilia and flagella , small tail-like organelles , using the model species chlamydomonas , a single-cell alga .
the lab is best known for its discovery of intraflagellar transport , a vital molecular process now linked to many human diseases , in 1993 .
rosenbaum has continued to pursue intraflagellar transport as his main research interest .
rosenbaum received the e.b. wilson medal from the ascb in 2006 , the highest award given in the field of cell biology .
