克拉格·C·米洛（Craig C. Mello）， 1960年出生，男，美国马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校医学院分子医学教授。因发现了核糖核酸干扰现象而获得2006年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。
获得荣誉
2006年因与斯坦福医学院病理学和遗传学教授安德鲁·费里发现RNA干扰现象而共同获得2006年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。
人物经历
Mello was born inNew Haven,Connecticuton October 18, 1960.He was the third child of James and Sally Mello. His father,James Mello, was a paleontologist and his 母亲, Sally Mello, was an artist.His paternal grandparents immigrated to the US from the Portuguese islands ofAzores. His parents met while attendingBrown Universityand were the first children in their respective families to attend college. His grandparents on both sides withdrew from school as teenagers to work for their families.James Mello completed hisPh.D.inpaleontologyfromYale Universityin 1962. The Mello family moved to Falls Church in northernVirginiaso that James could take a position with theUnited States Geological Survey(USGS) in Washington, DC.He was raised asRoman Catholic.
After a brief stay in Falls Church, the family moved toFairfax, 弗吉尼亚级核潜艇, when James Mello switched from the USGS to a position as assistant director at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.Among his fondest early memories were field trips with his father and the whole family to Colorado and Wyoming and more frequent trips to the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia.
The Mello family had a very strong tradition of discussions around the dinner table and this experience was very important to young Mello. He learned to argue, to listen, and to admit it when he was wrong about something. At a 时间 when young Mello was not performing so well in school, these daily discussions helped to build his confidence and self-EsteemMello struggled during the first few years of grade school. He started first grade at the age of five in a local private school because he was too young to enter first grade in the public system. He doesn't know if he was a slow learner, or just not interested, but he did not do well in school until the seventh grade. In second grade, Mello only pretended that he could read and he was embarrassed by being called on in class.He much preferred playing outdoors, in the woods and creeks, to 时间 spent in the classroom.Meanwhile, his older siblings were model students, raising the teacher's expectations for him. During these early years, Mello had no doubt that he would be ascientistwhen he grew up. He is now the father of two daughters and a step-daughter and step-son.
Education
Mello attendedFairfax High School (Fairfax, 弗吉尼亚级核潜艇).After receiving his high school diploma, Mello attendedBrown Universityas a biochemistry and molecular biology 少校 He received his Sc.B. from 褐色 in 1982.
Mello attended theUniversity of Colorado, Boulderfor graduate studies in molecular, cellular and developmental biology with David Hirsh. After Hirsh decided to take a position in industry, Mello moved toHarvard Universitywhere he could continue his research with Dan Stinchcomb.Mello completed his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1990. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the laboratory of DR James Priess.