David A. Agard is a

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Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

and

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at the

University of California, San Francisco The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It con ...

. He earned his

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in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and his Ph.D. in

biological chemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

from

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

. His research is focused on understanding the basic principles of macromolecular structure and function. He is a Scientific Director of the Institute for Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Quantitative Biomedical Research and has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1986.

Awards

* Member, National Academy of Sciences (USA, 2007) * Member,

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(USA, 2009) * Bijvoet Medal of the

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Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

(Netherlands, 2018) * The Stein and Moore Award of the

Protein Society The Protein Society is an international, not-for-profit, scholarly society with the mission to provide forums for the advancement of research into protein structure, function, design and applications. History It was founded in 1986, with the lea ...

(2021) * Distinguished Scientist Award of the

Microscopy Society of America The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) was founded in 1942 as The Electron Microscope Society of America and is a non-profit organization that provides microanalytical facilities for studies within the sciences. Currently, there are approximately 3 ...

(2021)

References

External links

UCSF BioAgard Lab website
* ttp://www.ibiology.org/ibioeducation/taking-courses/deconvolution-microscopy.html David Agard online seminar: Deconvolution Microscopy {{DEFAULTSORT:Agard, David Living people American biochemists Howard Hughes Medical Investigators Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences University of California, San Francisco faculty Yale College alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) California Institute of Technology alumni University of California, San Francisco alumni Bijvoet Medal recipients