Judith Frydman
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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.{{cite web |title=POSTPONED – Knowing right from wrong (protein conformation): the challenging choices of (molecular) chaperones {{!}} NIH Office of Intramural Research |url=https://oir.nih.gov/wals/2019-2020/postponed-knowing-right-wrong-protein-conformation-challenging-choices |website=oir.nih.gov |accessdate=25 September 2020}}
Her research focuses on protein folding. Her laboratory discovered the molecular chaperone TRiC/CCT and determined its mechanism and function for protein folding.{{cite web |last1= Stanford University|title=Stanford researchers identify key players in protein quality control |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2018/11/28/stanford-researchers-identify-key-players-mysterious-process-protein-quality-control/ |website=Stanford News |accessdate=25 September 2020 |language=en |date=28 November 2018}}
She was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2018,{{cite web |title=Judith Frydman |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/judith-frydman |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |accessdate=25 September 2020 |language=en}} and as a Fellow of the Biophysical Society in 2019.{{cite web |title=BPS Announces 2019 Society Fellows |url=https://www.biophysics.org/news-room/bps-announces-2019-society-fellows |website=The Biophysical Society |accessdate=25 September 2020}} In 2017, she was given the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology–Merck Award.{{cite web |title=Frydman's protein-folding work defines 'the forefront' |url=https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/people/040117/frydman-wins-asbmb-merck-award |website=www.asbmb.org |accessdate=25 September 2020 |language=en}} She is an editor of the Journal of Cell Biology.{{cite journal |title=New editorial board members |journal=Journal of Cell Biology |pages=279–281 |language=en |doi=10.1083/jcb.201701083 |date=1 February 2017|volume=216 |issue=2 |s2cid=11938348 |doi-access=free |pmc=5294799 }}
In 2021, she was elected member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/2021-nas-election.html|title=News from the National Academy of Sciences|date=26 April 2021|access-date=2 July 2021|quote=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.}}
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Category:Stanford University faculty
Category:University of Buenos Aires alumni
Category:21st-century biochemists
Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
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