Daniel Herschlag

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Daniel Herschlag
Born (1958-10-16) October 16, 1958 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBinghamton University, Brandeis University, University of Colorado at Boulder
Known forEnzymology RNA biochemistry
AwardsWilliam C. Rose Award (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsStanford University
Doctoral advisorWilliam Jencks
Other academic advisorsTom Cech
Doctoral studentsRhiju Das Geeta Narlikar

Daniel Herschlag (born October 16, 1958) is an American biochemist and Professor of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine. His research uses an interdisciplinary approach to advance our understanding of the fundamental behavior of RNA and proteins. He is well known for his application of rigorous kinetic and mechanistic approaches to RNA and protein systems.[1]

Education

Herschlag received a B.S. degree in biochemistry from Binghamton University in 1982. He began his graduate studies at University of Minnesota then moved on to complete his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry at Brandeis University under W.P. Jencks in 1988.[2]

Career

Herschlag was a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1989 to 1992.[3] He conducted post-doctoral research on the mechanism of the newly discovered RNA self-splicing reaction in the lab of Tom Cech.

In 1992, Herschlag joined the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry in the Stanford University School of Medicine, earning tenure in 1997. He was promoted to full professor in 2002.

In 2011, he was appointed the Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs for the Stanford University School of Medicine.[4][5]

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Selected publications

Personal

Herschlag currently lives in Menlo Park, CA with his wife and two children.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Meet Dr. Herschlag from Stanford University". UCSF. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Helen Hay Whitney Foundation award list". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  4. ^ "Stanford Dean's Newsletter". Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  5. ^ "Stanford University School of Medicine Leadership List". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  6. ^ "Pfizer Awardees List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  7. ^ "Cope Scholar Award Announcement".
  8. ^ "ASBMB William Rose award announcement".
  9. ^ "Dan Herschlag". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  10. ^ University, Stanford (2018-05-02). "Three Stanford faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences". Stanford News. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  11. ^ "Dan Herschlag to Receive Biophysical Society's 2020 Founders Award". The Biophysical Society. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  12. ^ "RNA chaperoning earns alumnus science accolades – Alumni Association | Binghamton University". Alumni Association - Binghamton University. Retrieved 2020-02-15.