David A. Agard | |
Nationality: | American |
Fields: | Biophysics Biochemistry Cell Biology |
Workplaces: | California Institute of Technology (1975 - 1978) University of California, San Francisco (1980) (1983 -) MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (1981) |
Alma Mater: | Yale University (B.S., 1975) California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1980) University of California, San Francisco (Postdoctoral, 1980) MRC Laboratory (Postdoctoral, 1981 - 82) |
Known For: | Protein Folding, Hsp90 |
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Website: | http://www.msg.ucsf.edu/agard/ |
David A. Agard is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his B.S. in molecular biochemistry and biophysics from Yale University and his Ph.D. in biological chemistry from California Institute of Technology. His research is focused on understanding the basic principles of macromolecular structure and function. He is a scientific director of the Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Quantitative Biomedical Research and has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1986.