Wendell Lim

Wendell Lim Ph.D. is a Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at University of California, San Francisco. He is the Director of the UCSF/UCB NIH Nanomedicine development center and director of the SynBERC. He earned his A.B. in Chemistry from Harvard University and his Ph.D in biochemistry and biophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the guidance of Bob Sauer.[2] He then did his postdoctoral work with Frederic Richards at Yale University.[3] During his postdoctoral work, he began to think about signal transduction and methods to evolve the module components of the proteins.[4]

Wendell Lim
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsBioengineering
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Francisco
Academic advisorsFred Richards[1]

His lab now focuses on constructing cell signaling systems from modular components to both study and engineer these systems. He also serves as a mentor in the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition. He has been an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) since 2008.

Personal life

Wendell is an avid basketball player and a surfer.[4]

References
  1. "Fred Richards on Academic Tree".
  2. "Wendell Lim". Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. "Wendell A. Lim, Ph.D." HHMI. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. Sedwick, C. (17 September 2012). "Wendell Lim: Exploring the path not chosen". The Journal of Cell Biology. 198 (6): 956–957. doi:10.1083/jcb.1986pi. PMC 3444780. PMID 22986491.



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