Peter Walter
Professor at UCSF, investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Director of Bay Area Institute of Science, Altos Labs
Peter Walter (born 5 December 1954) is a German-American molecular biologist and biochemist and Professor at the University of California, San Francisco.
Walter earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from the Free University of Berlin, an M.S. degree in organic chemistry from Vanderbilt University, and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Rockefeller University.
He is currently a Professor and former Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Walter is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Walter has put together a select group of world-renowned experts in neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology and RNA biology to make Altos Labs a reality.
Visit website: http://walterlab.ucsf.edu/member/76/peter-walter/
See also:
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
- Public research university that is part of the University of California system and dedicated entirely to health science
Peter Walter News
Altos Labs comes out of stealth with $3 billion of capital
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) - 19-Jan-2022
Huge backing that cellular reprogramming can have a significant impact on health and ageing
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Calico - 03-Feb-2021
Clinical trials in progress for potential targets of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
Read more...Memory retrieval made possible with a resetting drug
Medical Xpress - 01-Dec-2020
An experimental drug restores age related memory loss and brain function in mice
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