Thomas Kornberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
Cancer Center Program Memberships
Cancer GeneticsEducation
Juilliard School of Music
Columbia College, B.A., 1970, Biology
Columbia University, Ph.D., 1973, Biochemistry
Princeton University, postdoctoral, 1973-1975, Biochemistry
Cambridge MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, postdoctoral, 1975-1976, Developmental Genetics
Professional Experience
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1976-1977
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles -
1986-present
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco
Honors & Awards
- 1978
American Cancer Society Career Development Award - 2001
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Selected Publications
- Kornberg TB. Macrophages Help Cells Connect to Pattern Zebrafish Stripes. Dev Cell. 2017 03 27; 40(6):520-521.
View on PubMed - Kornberg TB, Roy S. Communicating by touch--neurons are not alone. Trends Cell Biol. 2014 Jun; 24(6):370-6.
View on PubMed - Xu EY, Lee DF, Klebes A, Turek PJ, Kornberg TB, Reijo Pera RA. Human BOULE gene rescues meiotic defects in infertile flies. Hum Mol Genet. 2003 Jan 15; 12(2):169-75.
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