Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA

Edward M. De Robertis

Born in Boston, Mass., Edward M. De Robertis grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay where he received his M.D. in 1971.  After completing a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Leloir Institute in Argentina, he trained in Xenopus embryology under Sir John Gurdon in...

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James A. Wohlschlegel

James Wohlschlegel, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.  He attended Texas A&M University in College Station, TX as an undergraduate and received his Bachelor...

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Alexander M. van der Bliek

Alexander M. van der Bliek, Ph.D., is Professor of Biological Chemistry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. After gaining experience with plant...

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Leonard H. Rome

Leonard H. Rome, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Biological Chemistry and Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute. He served as the Senior Associate Dean for Research in the School of Medicine from 1997 to 2012. Dr. Rome...

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Kathrin Plath

Kathrin Plath, Ph.D., is a Professor of Biological Chemistry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Born in Germany, she received her master’s degree in Biochemistry at the Humboldt University in Berlin, examining MAP kinase signaling...

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Gregory S. Payne

Gregory S. Payne, Ph.D., is Professor of Biological Chemistry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry and honors in drama from the University of Michigan.  As a graduate student in the Biochemistry...

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Siavash K. Kurdistani

Siavash K. Kurdistani, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Kurdistani is also the Associate Director of the Gene Regulation Program...

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Leonid Kruglyak

Leonid Kruglyak, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biological Chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Diller-von Furstenberg Endowed Chair in Human Genetics. Dr. Kruglyak received his A.B. degree...

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Reid C. Johnson

Reid C. Johnson is a Professor of Biological Chemistry in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he joined the faculty in 1986. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983 and did postdoctoral work at Caltech...

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Feng Guo

Dr. Guo is a structural biologist and biochemist who joined the UCLA School of Medicine faculty in July 2004. He earned his B.S. in Biophysics at the Nankai University and M.S. in Physical Chemistry at the Peking University, both in China. Dr...

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Steven E. Jacobsen

Steve Jacobsen did his PhD at the University of Minnesota and postdoctoral studies at the California Institute of Technology with Elliot Meyerowitz. He joined the department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology in 1998. He has recieved two...

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