Princeton University (BS) Merton College, Oxford (MS, PhD)
Spouse
Laurie Glimcher[1]
Awards
Rhodes Scholarship Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member of the American Philosophical Society
Scientific career
Institutions
Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital Weill Cornell Medical College Cornell University Brandeis University Wayne State University School of Medicine MIT Max Planck Institute University of Oxford Princeton University
Thesis
Structural studies of triose phosphate isomerase.(1974)
Doctoral advisor
David Chilton Phillips
Website
Official website
Gregory A. Petsko (born August 7, 1948) is an American biochemist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is currently Professor of Neurology at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. He formerly had an endowed professorship (the Arthur J. Mahon Chair) in Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College and is still an adjunct professor of Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University, and is also the Gyula and Katica Tauber Professor, Emeritus, in biochemistry and chemistry at Brandeis University. On October 24, 2023, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, President Joe Biden presented Gregory Petsko and eight others with the National Medal of Science, the highest honor the United States can bestow on a scientist and engineer.
As of 2020 Petsko's research interests are understanding the biochemical bases of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS, discovering drugs (especially by using structure-based drug design) and biologics, especially gene therapy, that could therapeutically affect those biochemical targets, and seeing any resulting clinical candidates tested in humans. He has made key contributions to the fields of protein crystallography, biochemistry, biophysics, enzymology, and neuroscience.
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Gregory A. Petsko (born August 7, 1948) is an American biochemist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the...
the age of 39; the two became research partners. She is married to GregoryPetsko, Professor of Neurology in the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases...
Falkow, Mary-Claire King, Simon A. Levin 2023—Gebisa Ejeta, Eve Marder, GregoryPetsko, Sheldon Weinbaum 1964—Roger Adams 1982—F. Albert Cotton, Gilbert Stork...
was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. His stepfather, GregoryPetsko, is a biochemist and biotech entrepreneur who has become a global expert...
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PMID 7046051. [1][permanent dead link] TEDTalks. (2008, February). GregoryPetsko on the coming neurological epidemic. Retrieved Mar 5, 2010, from TedTalks...
(Professor 1973-1978) — member of the National Academy of Sciences (1971) GregoryPetsko (Arthur J. Mahon Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell...
Wang Taiwan 18. 2015–2018 Joan J. Guinovart (es) Spain 17. 2012–2015 GregoryPetsko United States 16. 2007–2012 Angelo Azzi (pl) Switzerland & United...
William Nyhan Eric N. Olson Edward E. Penhoet Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable GregoryPetsko Bernard Roizman Cornelius Rosse Bennett A. Shaywitz Jane E. Sisk Mark...
structure was solved by a group led by Dagmar Ringe, Robert Fuller and GregoryPetsko. That of Furin was determined by a group led by Manual Than and Wolfram...
chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology supervised by GregoryPetsko and Martin Karplus. Kuriyan did postdoctoral research work for one year...
wire (TED2012) Stephen Petranek 10 ways the world could end (TED2002) GregoryPetsko The coming neurological epidemic (TED2008) Bertrand Piccard My solar-powered...
cognition in animals, particularly for her work with Alex, a grey parrot GregoryPetsko: Biochemist James Pustejovsky: Linguist, proposer of Generative Lexicon...
peer review and to the continuance of a lot of important science. — GregoryPetsko, PhD A short response to this was published: In conclusion, it should...
teaching easier. The series included "Protein Structure and Function" by GregoryPetsko and Dagmar Ringe and "The Cell Cycle: Principles of Control" by David...
doi:10.1002/cber.188902202145. Kenyon, George L.; Gerlt, John A.; Petsko, Gregory A.; Kozarich, John W. (1995). "Mandelate Racemase: Structure-Function...
Robert Appel Alzheimer's Disease Research Institute, where she succeeded GregoryPetsko as director. The Gan lab studies molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration...
Robert T.N. Tjian 1985 – Thomas R. Cech 1986 – JoAnne Stubbe 1987 – GregoryPetsko 1988 – John W. Kozarich 1989 – Kenneth A. Johnson 1990 – James A. Wells...
S2CID 25447826. Manuell, Andrea L; Quispe, Joel; Mayfield, Stephen P; Petsko, Gregory A (7 August 2007). "Structure of the Chloroplast Ribosome: Novel Domains...
EARTH AND ITS CONSTITUENTS (PDF). Princeton University Press. p. 4. Petsko, Gregory A. (28 April 2011). "The blue marble". Genome Biology. 12 (4): 112...
Holyoak, Todd; Wilson, Mark A.; Fenn, Timothy D.; Kettner, Charles A.; Petsko, Gregory A.; Fuller, Robert S.; Ringe, Dagmar (10 June 2003). "2.4 A resolution...
Valley, CA, 1989. Primers in Biology: Protein Structure and Function, Gregory A. Petsko and Dagmar Ringe, New Science Ltd., London, 2004 Cooperative Stewardship...
at a distance of about 29,400 kilometres (15,900 nautical miles). Petsko, Gregory A. (April 28, 2011). "The blue marble". Genome Biology. 12 (4): 112...
(1956–66) University of Oxford (1966–90) Doctoral students Louise Johnson Gregory A. Petsko E. Yvonne Jones Michael Sternberg Ian Wilson Other notable students...
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