Howard Nash

{{short description|American biochemist and geneticist}}

Howard Nash (1937–2011){{cite web |title=Howard A. Nash |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/1639.html |website=National Academy of Sciences |accessdate=4 September 2018}} was a geneticist who spent his research career at the National Institute of Mental Health, part of the United States National Institutes of Health. Nash received his M.D. and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Chicago. He briefly did clinical work in pediatrics before joining NIMH in 1964. His early research focused on the molecular biology of a model bacteriophage (a virus that infects bacteria) known as lambda phage. He was particularly interested in mechanisms of DNA recombination and DNA repair. Later, he began to study the molecular mechanisms of inhalational anesthetics using Drosophila as a model system, especially focusing on genetic variations in response.{{cite journal |last1=Krishnan |first1=K. S. |last2=Campbell |first2=Daniel B. |last3=Campbell |first3=Joseph |last4=Sandstrom |first4=Debasmita |last5=Allada |first5=Ravi |last6=Wu |first6=Chun-Fang |title=“Entitlement, No! Gratitude, Yes!” |journal=Journal of Neurogenetics |date=23 August 2011 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=63–77 |doi=10.3109/01677063.2011.608137|doi-access= }}{{cite web |last1=Insel |first1=Thomas |title=Post by Former NIMH Director Thomas Insel: A Solver of “Mysteries” — Howard Nash, M.D., Ph.D. |url=https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2011/a-solver-of-mysteries-howard-nash-md-phd.shtml |website=National Institute of Mental Health |accessdate=4 September 2018 |date=14 June 2011 |archive-date=9 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409065805/https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/directors/thomas-insel/blog/2011/a-solver-of-mysteries-howard-nash-md-phd.shtml |url-status=dead }}

Nash was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988{{cite web |title=Howard Nash |url=https://www.amacad.org/content/system/search.aspx?t=50&s=howard%20nash |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |accessdate=4 September 2018}} and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1990.