Cynthia Wolberger Explained

Cynthia Wolberger is an American structural biologist currently at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.^{[1] [2]} On April 19, 2019, she was elected as a member of the National Academy of Science among 100 new members and 25 foreign associates.^[3] She received her undergraduate degree in Physics from Cornell University in 1979 and her Ph.D. in Biophysics at Harvard University in 1987.^[4] She completed postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco (1987-1989) and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (1989-1991). Her research concentrations include structural biology, ubiquitin signaling, and transcription regulation.^[5] Significant progress has been made by Wohlberger in understanding the structural biology of gene and protein control.^[6]

Honors and awards

• AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research (2021)^[7]
• National Academy of Medicine (2021)
• National Academy of Sciences (2019)
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (2019). ^[8]
• Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award, Protein Society (2013)^[9]
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (1994 - 2004)^[10]
• Junior Faculty Award, American Cancer Society (1993 - 1994)
• David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering (1992 - 1997)^[11]
• Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Award, March of Dimes (1992 - 1994)^[12]
• Damon Runyun - Fund Fellow, Walter Winchell Cancer Research (1987 - 1990)^[13]
• A.B. cum laude in Physics and With Distinction in all subjects (1979)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cynthia Wolberger at AAAS . April 25, 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170426064145/https://www.aaas.org/fellow/wolberger-cynthia. 2017-04-26. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
2. Web site: Wolberger Lab Homepage. April 25, 2017. Wolberger Lab.
3. Web site: Three Johns Hopkins researchers named to National Academy of Sciences. Hub staff. 2019-04-30. The Hub. en. 2019-05-17.
4. Web site: Biographical Sketch of Cynthia Wilberger. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190518030639/https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/institute_basic_biomedical_sciences/research_centers/high_throughput_biology_hit/technology_center_networks_pathways/pdfs/Wolberger_NIH_Biosketch_9-08.pdf. 2019-05-18. Johns Hopkins Medicine.
5. Web site: Cynthia Wolberger – Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry. en-US. 2019-05-17. Johns Hopkins University Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry.
6. Web site: Cynthia Wolberger, PhD Investigator Emeriti Profile 1994-2014 . 2024-01-07 . www.hhmi.org . en.
7. Web site: AACR Announces Recipients of its 2021 Scientific Achievement Awards and Lectureships . 2024-01-06 . American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) . en.
8. Web site: 2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election . members.amacad.org. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302174101/https://members.amacad.org/content/members/newFellows.aspx. 2020-03-02.
9. Web site: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award of the Protein Society. The Protein Society.
10. Web site: Seven Johns Hopkins Researchers Named AAAS Fellows. www.hopkinsmedicine.org. en. 2019-05-17.
11. Web site: Wolberger, Cynthia. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. en-US. 2019-05-17.
12. Web site: News & Review 2016 of Biological Chemistry University of Michigan. Michigan Medicine. 2019-05-17. 2019-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517202807/https://medicine.umich.edu/sites/default/files/content/downloads/Newsletter2016.pdf. dead.
13. Web site: Damon Runyun Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Awardee 1980s. Damon Runyun Cancer Research Foundation.