Judith Frydman

Judith Frydman is a biochemist and the Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Professor of Genetics at Stanford University. Her research focuses on protein folding.

Career

Frydman attended the University of Buenos Aires, earning a PhD in biochemistry. After graduating, she did a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Ulrich Hartl at Memorial Sloan Kettering. She is currently the Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities & Sciences and Professor of Genetics at Stanford University.[1]

Her research focuses on protein folding. Her laboratory discovered the molecular chaperone TRiC/CCT and determined its mechanism and function for protein folding.[2]

She was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2018,[3] and as a Fellow of the Biophysical Society in 2019.[4] In 2017, she was given the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology–Merck Award.[5] She is an editor of the Journal of Cell Biology.[6]

In 2021, she was elected member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences.[7]

References

1. "POSTPONED – Knowing right from wrong (protein conformation): the challenging choices of (molecular) chaperones | NIH Office of Intramural Research". oir.nih.gov. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
2. Stanford University (28 November 2018). "Stanford researchers identify key players in protein quality control". Stanford News. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
3. "Judith Frydman". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
4. "BPS Announces 2019 Society Fellows". The Biophysical Society. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
5. "Frydman's protein-folding work defines 'the forefront'". www.asbmb.org. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
6. "New editorial board members". Journal of Cell Biology. 216 (2): 279–281. 1 February 2017. doi:10.1083/jcb.201701083. PMC 5294799. S2CID 11938348. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
7. "News from the National Academy of Sciences". 26 April 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021. Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: ... Frydman, Judith; professor of genetics, and Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.