James Spudich
Professor, Academic
1942 –
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Who is James Spudich?
James A. Spudich of Croatian ancestry is the Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Biochemistry and of Cardiovascular Disease at Stanford University and works on the molecular basis of muscle contraction. He was awarded the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award in 2012 with Michael Sheetz and Ronald Vale. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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- Born
- Jan 7, 1942
Benld - Also known as
- James A Spudich
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Stanford University
Biochemistry
( - 1968) - Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Molecular genetics
(1968 - 1969) - Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Cambridge
Structural biology
(1969 - 1971) - Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Chemistry
( - 1963)
- PhD, Stanford University
- Employment
- Co-Founder and first Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, Biomedicine and Biosciences – Bio-X, Stanford University
(1998 - 2002) - Co-Founder, Cytokinetics Inc.
(1998 - 1998) - Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine
(1994 - 1998) - Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine
(1992 - ) - Professor, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
(1989 - ) - Chairman, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
(1979 - 1984) - Professor, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine
(1977 - 1992) - Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
(1976 - 1977) - Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
(1974 - 1976)
- Co-Founder and first Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, Biomedicine and Biosciences – Bio-X, Stanford University
- Lived in
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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