David S. Eisenberg (born 15 March 1939) is an American biochemist and biophysicist best known for his contributions to structural biology and computational molecular biology. He has been a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles since the early 1970s and was director of the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics & Proteomics, as well as a member of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA.HHMI profile of David EisenbergThe Eisenberg research lab at UCLAUCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics & Proteomics
Education Eisenberg attended Harvard College and graduated in 1961 with an A.B. in Biochemical Sciences. He went on to the University of Oxford, where he was awarded a D.Phil in 1965 for research supervised by Charles Coulson.
Research Eisenberg's current research focuses on the structural biology of amyloidogenic proteins, while his computational efforts largely center on the development of bioinformatic/proteomic methodologies for elucidation and analysis of protein interaction networks. His research group hosts the Database of Interacting Proteins.
Career Postdoctoral research, Princeton University (1964–1966; with Walter Kauzmann) Postdoctoral research, California Institute of Technology (1966–1969; with Richard E. Dickerson) Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA, USA (1969–Present) Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA Medical School Director, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics & Proteomics (1993–2014) Member, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), UCLA Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2001–Present)
Awards He was the recipient of Harvey Prize (Human Health) 2008 in recognition of his contributions in unfolding the structure of amyloid fibrils. The award was presented to him at a ceremony that took place on March 23, 2009 at the Technion. This recently recognized protein state provides opportunities to understand cells in health and disease.Harvey Prize Award 1961 - L.J. Henderson Prize 1958-1960 - Harvard College Honorary Scholarships 1961-1964 - Rhodes Scholarship 1972-1977 - USPHS Career Development Award 1975 - UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award 1982 - McCoy Award of the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for innovative research 1989 - Member, National Academy of Sciences (Biophysics & Computational Biology section) 1992 - Pierce Award of the Immunotoxin Society 1996 - Protein Society Stein & Moore Award 1998 - American Chemical Society Repligen Corporation Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes 2000 - Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2000 - Amgen Award of the Protein Society 2001 - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2003 - Member, American Philosophical Society 2004 - UCLA Glenn T. Seaborg Medal 2005 - Harvard University's Westheimer Medal 2008 - ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry (as preceptor, student was Rebecca Anne Nelson) 2013 - ISCB (International Society for Computational Biology) Senior Scientist Award 2020 - Passano AwardPassano Award 2020
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