David Agard
David A. Agard | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University (B.S., 1975) California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1980) University of California, San Francisco (Postdoctoral, 1980) MRC Laboratory (Postdoctoral, 1981–82) |
| Known for | Protein Folding, Hsp90 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biophysics Biochemistry Cell Biology |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology (1975–1978) University of California, San Francisco (1980) (1983– ) MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (1981) |
| Website | http://www.msg.ucsf.edu/agard/ |
David A. Agard is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his B.S. in molecular biochemistry and biophysics from Yale University and his Ph.D. in biological chemistry from California Institute of Technology. His research is focused on understanding the basic principles of macromolecular structure and function. He is a scientific director of the Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Quantitative Biomedical Research and was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator between 1986-2019.
In July 2022, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced that Agard would serve on the founding scientific leadership team of the newly created Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging, a research center devoted to developing next-generation imaging technologies that enable “broad, full-scale views of biological systems.”[3]
Awards
[edit]- Member, National Academy of Sciences (USA, 2007)[4]
- Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (USA, 2009)[5]
- Bijvoet Medal of the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research of Utrecht University (Netherlands, 2018)[6]
- The Stein and Moore Award of the Protein Society (2021)[7]
- Distinguished Scientist Award of the Microscopy Society of America (2021)[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "David A. Agard, PhD". UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. University of California San Francisco. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Sidhu Award". Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces Founding Scientific Team of the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging". Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Newsroom. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
- ^ "72 new members chosen by academy" (Press release). National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 1 May 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "A". Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 1780–2012 (PDF).
- ^ "Bijvoet Medal". Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ "Protein Society Awards". The Protein Society.
- ^ "MSA 2021 Society Awards Recipients". Microscopy Society of America.
External links
[edit]- UCSF Bio
- His Howard Hughes Medical Institute bio Archived 14 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Agard Lab website
- David Agard online seminar: Super-Resolution: Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) Archived 27 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- David Agard online seminar: Deconvolution Microscopy Archived 1 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Living people
- American biochemists
- Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- University of California, San Francisco faculty
- Yale College alumni
- California Institute of Technology alumni
- University of California, San Francisco alumni
- Bijvoet Medal recipients
- Searle Scholars Program recipients
- Helen Hay Whitney Foundation fellows