Bil Clemons
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William M. Clemons, Jr. | |
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Nationality | American |
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Known for | Atomic structures of the ribosome, translocon |
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Thesis | The structure of the small ribosomal subunit (2000) |
Doctoral advisor | Venki Ramakrishnan |
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Website | http://clemonslab.caltech.edu |
William "Bil" Clemons, Jr. is an American structural biologist and Professor of Biochemistry at Caltech.[1] He is best known for his work solving the atomic structure of the ribosome with dissertation advisor, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Venki Ramakrishnan.[2] He is also known for his work on the structure and function of proteins involved in membrane translocation and docking of proteins, including the membrane protein translocation channel SecY,[3] chaperones involved in the targeting of tail-anchored membrane proteins in the Get pathway,[4] and signal recognition proteins of the Twin-arginine translocation pathway.[5] He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.[6]
Education
Clemons received a B.S. in biochemistry from
Career
In January 2006, Clemons began as an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division at the California Institute of Technology.[7] In 2013, Clemons became professor of Biochemistry. He has also held a Visiting Professor appointment from 2018-2019 at the Institute of Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.
Diversity and Inclusion
As a member of the President's Diversity Council at Caltech, Clemons mentors and advocates for diversity and enrollment of minority students in STEM education.[8] He has spoken on the intersection of science and diversity as an invited speaker.[8]
Clemons serves as a Science Program Officer for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.[9]
Honors and awards
- 2018 Virginia Tech Biochemistry - Distinguished Alumni[10][11]
- 2017 Dr. Fred Shair Award for Programming Diversity[12][13]
- 2011-2016 NIH Pioneer Award[14]
- 2005-2010 Burroughs Wellcome Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences[7]
References
- ^ Bil Clemons publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ISBN 9781786074379.
- PMID 15851514.
- PMID 19706470.
- PMID 23583035.
- ^ "2022 NAS Election".
- ^ a b "Awardee Profile - Bil Clemons | Burroughs Wellcome Fund". www.bwfund.org. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ^ a b "Distinguished biochemist speaks on diversity in science and academia". College of Science | Oregon State University. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ "Science Team at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative". chanzuckerberg.com. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Retrieved 23 Jan 2023.
- ^ "Featured Alumni". biochem.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "2017-18 Alumni Award Recipients". www.cals.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ "Past Recipients | Center for Inclusion & Diversity". diversity.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
- ^ "ENGEL HALL NEWS BIOCHEMISTRY" (PDF). 2018.
- ^ "Project Information - NIH RePORTER - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results". projectreporter.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
External links
- https://www.bwfund.org/newsroom/awardee-profiles/awardee-profile-bil-clemons
- https://sbgrid.org/software/tale/predicting-success
- https://www.biochem.vt.edu/people/Featured_Alumni.html
- https://science.oregonstate.edu/IMPACT/2018/02/distinguished-biochemist-speak-diversity-science-higher-education
- Bil Clemons publications indexed by Google Scholar