caption birth_place citizenship awards fields workplaces birth_date known_for residence image article_title academic_advisors name alma_mater
rudolf jaenisch , 2003 wölfelsgrund , germany german boehringer prize in genetics -lrb- 2001 -rrb- robert koch prize -lrb- mannheim 2002 -rrb- max delbrück medal -lrb- 2006 -rrb- massry prize molecular from the keck school of medicine -lrb- 2008 -rrb- wolf bioanalytics prize in medicine -lrb- 2011 -rrb- national medal of science prize -lrb- 2011 -rrb- -lrb- 1996 -rrb- gruber biochemistry genetics medicine max cancer center salk institute heinrich pette institute university of hamburg planck whitehead institute for biomedical research massachusetts institute of technology institute for biochemistry princeton university fox chase 22 april 1942 epigenetic cell research mechanisms of gene regulation therapeutic cloning embryonic stem germany , usa jaenisch 2003 by sam ogden.jpg rudolf jaenisch
 arnold levine rudolf jaenisch university of munich -lrb- m.d. , 1967 -rrb-
rudolf jaenisch

rudolf jaenisch -lrb- born 22 april 1942 -rrb- is a professor of biology at mit and a founding member of the whitehead institute for biomedical research .
he is a pioneer of transgenic science , in which an animal 's genetic makeup is altered .
jaenisch has focused on creating genetically modified mice to study cancer and neurological diseases .
