Judith Frydman

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Judith Frydman is a biochemist and the Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Professor of Genetics at Stanford University. Her research focuses on protein folding.

Career[edit]

Frydman attended the University of Buenos Aires, earning a PhD in biochemistry. After graduating, she did a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Ulrich Hartl at Memorial Sloan Kettering. She is currently the Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Professor of Genetics at Stanford University.[1]

Her research focuses on protein folding. Her laboratory discovered the molecular chaperone TRiC/CCT and determined its mechanism and function for protein folding.[2]

She was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2018,[3] and as a Fellow of the Biophysical Society in 2019.[4] In 2017, she was given the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology–Merck Award.[5] She is an editor of the Journal of Cell Biology.[6]

In 2021, she was elected member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "POSTPONED – Knowing right from wrong (protein conformation): the challenging choices of (molecular) chaperones | NIH Office of Intramural Research". oir.nih.gov. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ Stanford University (28 November 2018). "Stanford researchers identify key players in protein quality control". Stanford News. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Judith Frydman". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ "BPS Announces 2019 Society Fellows". The Biophysical Society. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Frydman's protein-folding work defines 'the forefront'". www.asbmb.org. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  6. ^ "New editorial board members". Journal of Cell Biology. 216 (2): 279–281. 1 February 2017. doi:10.1083/jcb.201701083. PMC 5294799. S2CID 11938348. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. ^ "News from the National Academy of Sciences". 26 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021. Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: ... Frydman, Judith; professor of genetics, and Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.