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Seth Darst

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Nationality
  
United States

Fields
  
Biochemistry

Name
  
Seth Darst



Alma mater
  
University of Colorado at Boulder

Known for
  
Enzymes of transcription

Education
  
University of Colorado Boulder

Doctoral advisor
  
Channing R. Robertson

Notable awards
  
The Pew Charitable Trusts

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Seth A. Darst is a Jack Fishman Professor of molecular biophysics at the Rockefeller University. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2008.

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Life and career

In 1982 Darst earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He continued his education with advisor Channing R. Robertson at Stanford University, where he earned both M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in chemical engineering. Darst completed postdoctoral training, also at Stanford, as an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow and a Lucille P. Markley Postdoctoral Scholar in the laboratory of Roger D. Kornberg. He joined the faculty at the Rockefeller University in 1992. Darst's research centers on the structural basis of transcription by exploring the enzymes involved in the process.

Honors and awards

  • 2008 - Elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences
  • 1995 - Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
  • 1994 - Irma T. Hirschl Charitable Trust Career Scientist
  • References

    Seth Darst Wikipedia