Cynthia Wolberger

American structural biologist

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

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

^ "Cynthia Wolberger at AAAS". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^ "Wolberger Lab Homepage". Wolberger Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^ Hub staff (2019-04-30). "Three Johns Hopkins researchers named to National Academy of Sciences". The Hub. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "Biographical Sketch of Cynthia Wilberger" (PDF). Johns Hopkins Medicine. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-18.
^ "Cynthia Wolberger – Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry". Johns Hopkins University Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ "Cynthia Wolberger, PhD | Investigator Emeriti Profile | 1994-2014". www.hhmi.org. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
^ "AACR Announces Recipients of its 2021 Scientific Achievement Awards and Lectureships". American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ "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.
^ "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award of the Protein Society". The Protein Society.
^ "Seven Johns Hopkins Researchers Named AAAS Fellows". www.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ "Wolberger, Cynthia". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
^ "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.
^ "Damon Runyun Cancer Research Foundation Fellowship Awardee 1980s" (PDF). Damon Runyun Cancer Research Foundation.