John Kuriyan

John Kuriyan, 2012

John Kuriyan (* 1960 ) is a chemist and molecular biologist at the University of California, Berkeley . He deals with the processivity of DNA replication and with signal transduction , in particular with the regulation of tyrosine kinases and their target molecules . He mainly uses methods of X-ray crystallography .

Kuriyan earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Juniata College in Huntingdon , Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in 1986 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As a postdoctoral fellow he worked with Martin Karplus at Harvard University and with Gregory A. Petsko at MIT. In 1987 he was awarded a first professor at the Rockefeller University in New York City and in 1993 the same place a full professor (full professor) . In 2001 he moved to the University of California, Berkeley, as professor of chemistry and molecular and cellular biology . Since 1990 he has also been doing research for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI).

John Kuriyan received the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry in 1998 and the Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences and the Académie des Sciences in 2005 . In 2001 he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences, in 2008 a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2015 a foreign member of the Royal Society , and in 2018 a member of the National Academy of Medicine .

Web links

Commons : John Kuriyan  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Kuriyan Lab , John Kuriyan (1) and (2) at the University of California, Berkeley (berkeley.edu)
• John Kuriyan, PhD and research review at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (hhmi.org)
• Life dates, publications and academic pedigree of John Kuriyan at academictree.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Eli Lilly Award (PDF, 49 kB) at the Biochemistry Section of the American Chemical Society (divbiolchem.org); accessed on August 26, 2017.
2. ^ Richard Lounsbery Award. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved August 26, 2017 . 
3. ↑ John Kuriyan. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved August 26, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter K. (PDF; 670 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved August 25, 2017 . 
5. ↑ John Kuriyan. In: royalsociety.org. Retrieved on August 26, 2017 . 
6. ↑ National Academy of Medicine elects 85 new members. In: nam.edu. National Academy of Medicine, October 18, 2018, accessed October 20, 2018 .