Cynthia Wolberger

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).[4] 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[edit]

  • 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)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cynthia Wolberger at AAAS". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Wolberger Lab Homepage". Wolberger Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
  3. ^ Hub staff (2019-04-30). "Three Johns Hopkins researchers named to National Academy of Sciences". The Hub. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  4. ^ a b "Biographical Sketch of Cynthia Wilberger" (PDF). Johns Hopkins Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-18.
  5. ^ "Cynthia Wolberger – Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry". Johns Hopkins University Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  6. ^ "Cynthia Wolberger, PhD | Investigator Emeriti Profile | 1994-2014". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  7. ^ "AACR Announces Recipients of its 2021 Scientific Achievement Awards and Lectureships". American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  8. ^ "2019 Fellows and International Honorary Members with their affiliations at the time of election". members.amacad.org. Archived from the original on 2020-03-02.
  9. ^ "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award of the Protein Society". The Protein Society.
  10. ^ "Seven Johns Hopkins Researchers Named AAAS Fellows". www.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  11. ^ "Wolberger, Cynthia". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  12. ^ "News & Review 2016 of Biological Chemistry University of Michigan" (PDF). Michigan Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  13. ^ "Damon Runyun Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Awardee 1980s" (PDF). Damon Runyun Cancer Research Foundation.
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