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Gary J. Pielak (born July 17, 1955) is an American biological chemist, who is known for pioneering quantitative techniques for measuring protein structure, stability, diffusion, and concentration in living cells, and under crowded conditions.
Pielak is the Kenan Distinguished Professor[1] of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine[2], Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center[3], and Department of Chemistry[4]. He is a Fellow of the Biophysical Society[5][6].
Education
Pielak earned a BA in Chemistry, cum laude, from Bradley University in 1977, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry 1983 from Washington State University. He joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989.
Research
Using in-cell nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, a technique he helped develop, Pielak's work changed the understanding that the effects of in-cell crowding arise solely from the close packed nature of the cytoplasm. Instead, his work shows that repulsive and attractive chemical interactions between cellular components determine the effects of macromolecular crowding. These interactions organize the inside of cells, controlling metabolism and signaling. He and his collaborators have recently presented a quantitative model to explain crowding effects that is independent of crowder identity.[7] His research reveals the true consequences of the cellular environment on proteins and creates new opportunities for physiologically relevant biophysics.[8][9][10] For his work in this area, he received an NIH Director's Pioneer Award in 2006[11].
Selected Honors
Gary Pielak has been on the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Protein Science, and serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Magnetic Resonance Letters[12]. He was an Invited Speaker at the 2017 Nobel Symposium on Protein Folding: From Mechanisms to Impact on Cells, in Stockholm, Sweden.[13][14] Pielak was the Plenary Lecture speaker at the 2021 EUROMAR, conference, in Portorož, Slovenia.
In 2022 he was an invited speaker at Specificity Determinants of Biomolecular Interactions, commemorating the late professor Aharon Katzir, in Rehovot Israel, and was an invited speaker at the German Biophysical Society Meeting, in Konstanz, Germany. In 2023, Pielak received both the Johnston Teaching Excellence Award and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also presented the McElvian Lecture at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, that year. In 2024, he was the invited speaker, at Protein Folding Dynamics Gordon Research Conference in Galveston, Texas.
Most Highly Cited Publications
Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), Francois-Xavier Theillet, Andres Binolfi, Tamara Frembgen-Kesner, Karan Hingorani, Mohona Sarkar, Ciara Kyne, Conggang Li, Peter B Crowley, Lila Gierasch, Gary J Pielak, Adrian H Elcock, Anne Gershenson, Philipp Selenko, Chemical Reviews 114 (13), 6661-6714[15]
FlgM gains structure in living cells, Matthew M Dedmon, Chetan N Patel, Gregory B Young, Gary J Pielak, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (20), 12681-12684[16]
Impact of Protein Denaturants and Stabilizers on Water Structure, Joseph D. Batchelor, Alina Olteanu, Ashutosh Tripathy, and Gary J. Pielak, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 7, 1958–1961[17]
Macromolecular Crowding and Protein Stability, Yaqiang Wang, Mohona Sarkar, Austin E. Smith, Alexander S. Krois, and Gary J. Pielak, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 40, 16614–16618[18]
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- ^ Clabo, Carolyn (2023-09-22). "Dr. Gary Pielak named 2024 Biophysical Society Fellow". Biochemistry and Biophysics. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "Pielak elected 2024 Biophysical Society Fellow". Retrieved 2024-04-09.
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