Jeremy M. Berg
Jeremy Mark Berg (born April 10, 1958 ) is an American biochemist.
Berg graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's and master's degree in chemistry in 1980 and received his PhD from Harvard University in 1985. From 1985 he was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University , where he was director of the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, professor and head of the department of biophysics and biophysical chemistry. In 1988 he became a Sloan Research Fellow . In November 2003 he became director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health . In 2011 he became Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Policy and Planning at the University of Pittsburgh . He is the director of the Institute for Personalized Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Professor of Computational Biology and Systems Biology .
Berg is known for work on zinc finger proteins , which bind to DNA or RNA and play a role in controlling gene expression. He predicted the three-dimensional structure of the zinc finger protein TFIIIA, which was later confirmed experimentally. He also worked on the synthesis of zinc finger proteins to specifically intervene in gene expression.
He is co-author of the more recent editions of Lubert Stryer's famous biochemistry textbook .
On July 1, 2016, he succeeded Marcia McNutt as editor-in-chief of Science -Journals.
In 2012 he became President of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . He received the American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry in 1993, the American Chemical Society's Public Service Award in 2011, and a Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1988. In 2007 he became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1995 he received the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry and was named Maryland Outstanding Young Scientist of the Year. In 2010 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, and in 2017 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
His wife, Wendie Berg, is a professor of radiology in Pittsburgh.
Fonts
- with Lubert Stryer, John L. Tymoczko : Biochemistry, 6th edition, Spectrum 2007
- English edition: Biochemistry, Freeman / Macmillan, 8th edition 2015 (additionally with Gregory J. Gatto)
- with Stephen J. Lippard: Bioinorganische Chemie, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag 1995 (Original: Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry, Mill Valley: University Science Books 1994)
- with Kirstie Saltsman, Gordon Tomaselli: A Clinical Companion to Accompany Biochemistry, Freeman 2002
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tracy Vence: Jeremy Berg Named Editor of Science Journals. In: The Scientist Magazine. May 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Berg, Jeremy M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berg, Jeremy Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1958 |