David Eisenberg

David Eisenberg
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, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles since the early 1970s and director of the UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics & Proteomics since the early 1990s, as well as a member of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA.
Education
Eisenberg attended Harvard University 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–Present)
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.
Was known to give out mugs.
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's 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 Award
References
1939 births
Living people
Harvard University alumni
Howard Hughes Medical Investigators
American biophysicists
Jewish American scientists
University of California, Los Angeles faculty
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Fellows of the International Society for Computational Biology
Members of the American Philosophical Society
21st-century American Jews
Members of the National Academy of Medicine