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Holger Schmidt

Holger Schmidt

Distinguished Professor, Narinder Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics, Narinder Kapany Chair of Optoelectronics

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering

Areas of expertise: Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Material Science, Bioengineering


Biography, Education and Training

Holger Schmidt received an M.S. degree in physics from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1994, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1995 and 1999, respectively. After serving as a postdoctoral Fellow with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, he joined the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 2001. He is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holds the Nari... more »

David S Kliger

David S Kliger

Distinguished Research Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry Department

Areas of expertise: Biophysics, Chemistry, Chemical Biology, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Optics


Biography, Education and Training

B.S., Rutgers University Ph.D., Cornell University


Areas of expertise: Bioengineering, Biophysics, Viruses and Microbes, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Immunology, DNA, RNA, Proteins


Biography, Education and Training

Rebecca studies the molecular mechanisms of human virus surface antigens and antiviral antibodies using a diverse toolkit of structural and biochemical techniques. She uses her discoveries to design novel vaccines and antiviral therapeutics. Before joining UCSC, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, and at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry at UC San Diego and her bachelor's degree from the Univer... more »

Sofie Reda Salama

Sofie Reda Salama

Acting Professor of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, Faculty Director of Diversity, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute

Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department, Genomics Institute

Areas of expertise: Biomedical Sciences, DNA, RNA, Proteins, Evolution, Genomics, Genetics, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Stem Cells


Biography, Education and Training

  My research involves using pluripotent stem cells from a variety of primate species and high throughput sequencing methods to study how genome evolution affects human development and disease. My lab is located in the Institute for the Biology of Stem Cells. With funding from NIH-NHGRI, we are exploring the mechanisms by which transposable elements lead to new gene regulatory programs important for the evolution of new traits. With funding from NIH-NIMH we are studying the role ... more »


Areas of expertise: Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, DNA, RNA, Proteins


Biography, Education and Training

Postdoc: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego Ph. D.: University of Alberta, Canada B. Sc.: University of Alberta, Canada  


Areas of expertise: Biophysics, Biochemistry, RNA Biology, DNA, RNA, Proteins


Biography, Education and Training

Postdoc: HHMI, Janelia Research Campus Ph.D Biophysics Structural and Computational Biology: University of Rochester Eidg. Dipl. Apotheker ETH (Pharm.D. equiv.): ETH Zurich, Switzerland M.S. Pharm. Sciences: ETH Zurich, Switzerland B.S Pharm. Sciences: ETH Zurich, Switzerland


Areas of expertise: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology, DNA, RNA, Proteins


Biography, Education and Training

Postdoc, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D., Biophysics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences M.S., Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Warsaw B.S., Biophysics, Molecular Design and Bioinformatics, School of Physical Sciences, University of Warsaw B.S., Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences... more »

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