James M. Berger
James M. Berger | |
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Born | James Michael Berger 1968 (age 55–56) PhD) |
Doctoral advisor | James C. Wang |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biology, chemistry |
Sub-discipline | Biochemistry, biophysical chemistry |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Johns Hopkins University |
James Michael Berger (born 1968) is an American academic working as a professor of biophysics and biophysical chemistry at
Early life and education
Berger was born in 1968[2] in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, both of his parents were employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In high school, he spent a summer working there, solidifying his interest in biochemistry.[3]
Berger studied biochemistry, with a minor in math, as an undergraduate at the University of Utah. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and spent summers working at a nuclear research facility.[4] After graduating in 1990, he earned his PhD from Harvard University, where he studied protein crystallography and worked with James C. Wang.
Career
Berger completed a fellowship at the
Berger's lab researches DNA replication and the organization of the enzymes that are involved and the role of ATP in this process.[5]
Personal life
In 1994, he married Marian Feldman, a professor of Near Eastern Studies, while both were graduate students at Harvard University.[6]
Awards
- 2006 - Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
- 2011 - NAS Award in Molecular Biology - For "elucidating the structures of topoisomerases and helicases and providing insights into the biochemical mechanisms that mediate the replication and transcription of DNA"[7]
- 2013 - Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2018 - Elected to the National Academy of Medicine[8]
References
- ^ "James M. Berger – The Berger Lab". Berger.med.jhmi.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ^ "James Berger". Nasonline.org. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- PMID 27457938.
- PMID 27457938.
- ^ "James M. Berger, Ph.D". Hopkinsmedicine.org. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ^ "WEDDINGS - Marian H. Feldman, James M. Berger". NYTimes.com. 1994-10-09. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ^ "NAS Award in Molecular Biology". Nasonline.org. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ^ "About the NAM". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved 2 May 2019.