Biography
John Miller completed his PhD in biological sciences in 1971 from Stanford University, carried out his postdoctoral research in molecular biology and physiology and at the University of California, San Diego, and then accepted a lectureship at Victoria University of Wellington in 1977. He was promoted to full professor in 2008. He teaches courses in mammalian physiology, cell biology, and development. His research interests are in the mode of action of novel natural products and their development as anticancer agents. He has published more than 113 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has written 4 book chapters.
Research Interest
Mode of action of novel natural products and their development as anticancer agents
Biography
R Holland Cheng, Ph D is a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of California. Cheng received a master degree in 1989 and a Ph D degree in 1992 from Purdue University. Cheng has served as a Panel Reviewer for NIH programmed project grant, NIH Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Research Committee, NIH National Center for Research Resources, Wellcome Trust, UK and Earth & Life Sciences Council, Netherlands (2002). Cheng has actively served on the advisory board of the International Microscopy Congress plus regional microscopy societies, American Biographical Institute, and International Virus Assembly Symposium.He is also a regular member of the American Chemical Society,American Society for Microbiology and American Biophysical Society. Cheng has published nearly fifty papers in peer reviewed journals and his research mainly focuses on Proteome imaging of macromolecular systems.
Research Interest
Structural biology and proteome imaging of macromolecular systems.
Biography
K. Ogata has completed his PhD at the age of 27 years from Yokohama City University in 1992 and postdoctoral studies from RIKEN tsukuba institute. In 1997, He became the leader of the regulation of protein function project, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), and from 2001, the professor and chairperson of Department of Biochemistry, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine. He has published papers in JMB, PNAS, NSMB, and Cell, and had been serving as an editorial board member of BBRC (2009-2010).
Research Interest
Structural biology, protein function and biochemistry