CURRICULUM VITAE
Vincent A. Fischetti, Ph.D.

Personal:

Married with 2 children


Education
:

Ph.D. New York University, Microbiology, 1970, (with honors)

M.S. Long Island University, Microbiology, 1967

B.S. Wagner College, Bacteriology, 1962


Training and Experience:

1990 -Pres. Professor and Co-Chairman, Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y.

1978 - 1990 Associate Professor, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y.

1973 - 1978 Assistant Professor, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y.

1970 - 1979 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y.

1972 - 1973 Guest Investigator, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y.

1972 - 1973 Postdoctoral Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, N.Y.

1970 - 1972 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y.


Honors and Awards
(selected):

2000 Keynote address, Joint German Conference for Microbiology

1999 Keynote address, Japanese Lancefield Society Annual Meeting

1999 John H. Hanks Memorial Lecture, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

1999 Pfeiser Lectureship (U. Pittsburgh)

1997 - 2007 MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health

1996 - 1997 Foundation Lecturer, American Academy for Microbiology

1996 Keynote address, International Lancefield Society, Paris

1995 Invited speaker, Institut Pasteur Symposia, "The Year of Louis Pasteur"

1994 - Pres Fellow, American Academy for Microbiology

1994 - 1995 Chairman, Div. B (Microbial Pathogenesis), Am. Society for Microbiology

1992 McLaghlan Lecturer, University of Texas, Galveston

1992 Burroughs Wellcome Visiting Professor, (University of Arizona)

1987 - 1997 MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health

1987 Invited speaker, Institut Pasteur Centennial

1987 Shipley Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

1986 - 1987 President, Lancefield Society

1980 Alumni Achievement Award, Wagner College

1977 - 1982 Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health

1973 - 1977 Senior Investigator, New York Heart Association

1971 - 1973 Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship

1970 NYU Founders Day Award for outstanding scholarship


Professional Activities:

2000 Awards Advisory Board, American Society for Microbiology

1999 - Pres Advisory Board, New York Academy of Sciences

1999 - Pres Chairman, Institutional Review Board (IRB), Rockefeller University

1999 - Pres Scientific Advisory Board, Osel Pharmaceuticals

1996 - Pres Advisory Board, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

1994 - Pres Board of Scientific Directors and Trustee, Trudeau Institute

1996 - Pres Chief Scientific Advisor, SIGA Pharmaceuticals

1992 - Pres Advisory Editor, Trends in Microbiology

1990 - Pres Advisory Editor, Journal of Experimental Medicine

1986 - Pres Advisory Board, New York Hall of Science

1984 - Pres Co-Director, Biotechnology Facility at the Rockefeller University

1989 - 1999 Editor-in-Chief, Infection and Immunity

1995 - 1997 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Spectral Diagnostics

1993 - 1995 Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, M6 Pharmaceuticals

1988 - 1989 Assistant Editor, Journal of Experimental Medicine

1980 - 1985 Section Editor, Journal of Immunology

1978 - 1983 NIAID Bacteriology and Mycology Study Section (BM2)

1978 - 1989 Editorial Board, Infection and Immunity

1978 - 1980 Editorial Board, Journal of Immunology


Patents:
US Patent

1. Production of streptococcal M protein immunogens
#4,784,948
2. Streptococcal immunoglobulin A binding protein
#5,352,588

3. Immunoglobulin A binding protein ML2.2

#5,556,944

4. Regulation of exoproteins in Staphylococcus aureus

#5,587,288

5. Method for exposing group A streptococcal antigens and an improved diagnostic test for the identification of group A streptococci

#5,604,109

6. Polypeptide of a hybrid surface protein by bacteria

#5,616,686

7. Process, apparatus and reagents for isolating cellular components

#5,634,767

8. Gene for serum opacity factor

#5,707,822

9. Delivery and expression of a hybrid surface protein by bacteria

#5,786,205

10. Use of Gram-positive bacteria to express recombinant proteins

#5,821,088

11. Production of streptococcal M protein

#5,840,314

12. Fibronectin/fibrinogen binding protein of group A streptococci

#5,910,441

13. Method for screening inhibitors of the enzyme which cleaves the anchor of surface proteins from Gram-positive bacteria

#5,968,763

14. Regulation of exoprotein in Staphylococcus aureus II

#5,976,792

15. Prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of group A streptococcal infections

#5,985,271

16. Recombinant poxvirus and streptococcal M protein vaccine

#5,985,654

17. Therapeutic treatment of group A streptococcal infections

#5,997,862

18. Topical treatment of streptococcal infections

#6,056,55

19. Use of bacterial phage associated lysing enzymes for the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of various illnesses

#6,056,954

20. Plasmin binding protein and therapeutic use thereof

(Allowance)
21. 12 pending applications


Societies
:

American Society for Microbiology, Harvey Society, Kunkel Society,

New York Academy of Sciences


Vincent A. Fischetti Ph.D.
The Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 © 1995.