Recent Successes of the Energy Landscape Theory of Protein Folding

Time: July 12, 2010 9:30 AM

Location: Room 6040 of Educational Building

Prof. Peter Wolynes

University of California, San Diego

Introduction:

Peter Wolynes, professor of physics, chemistry and biology at University of California, San Diego, is member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of the United States, and American Philosophical Society. After receiving his doctoral degree from Harvard University at age of 23 in 1976, he became an associate professor at Illinois University, and then was promoted to full professor. He proposed the energy landscape theory of protein folding, and has made great contributions in protein folding, binding kinetics, unimolecular reaction theory and calculation. Recently he also conducted studies on cellular networks and gene networks.

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