Daniel Kaganovich, Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Daniel Kaganovich received an A. B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University. During his time at Harvard, he worked in labs at Harvard Medical School studying the degradation of proteins that regulate the cell cycle, and the enzymology of the proteasome.
Upon earning his A. B. he went on to do his doctoral work at Stanford University. While there, he discovered two novel membraneless organellar structures, the JUNQ and the IPOD, which serve as cellular processing centers for misfolded and aggregated proteins. Since the initial discovery, JUNQ and IPOD have been shown to be important in managing cellular protein folding quality control, the cellular response to protein aggregation, the formation of prions, and in protecting cells from the toxic effect of aggregation. Membraneless organellar bodies in the cytosol (JUNQ, IPOD, Stress Foci, Stress Granules, P-bodies), meanwhile, have become the focus of intense study and are thought to have a central role in cytosolic organization and disease.
Curriculum Vitae
Awards
ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council
American Federation for Aging Research New Investigator Award in Alzheimer's Disease
Golda Meir Fellowship Award
Fulbright Fellowship (declined)
Haas-Koshland Fellowship
NIH Fellowship
Harvard College Research Fellowship
Research Science Institute
Upon earning his A. B. he went on to do his doctoral work at Stanford University. While there, he discovered two novel membraneless organellar structures, the JUNQ and the IPOD, which serve as cellular processing centers for misfolded and aggregated proteins. Since the initial discovery, JUNQ and IPOD have been shown to be important in managing cellular protein folding quality control, the cellular response to protein aggregation, the formation of prions, and in protecting cells from the toxic effect of aggregation. Membraneless organellar bodies in the cytosol (JUNQ, IPOD, Stress Foci, Stress Granules, P-bodies), meanwhile, have become the focus of intense study and are thought to have a central role in cytosolic organization and disease.
Curriculum Vitae
Awards
ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council
American Federation for Aging Research New Investigator Award in Alzheimer's Disease
Golda Meir Fellowship Award
Fulbright Fellowship (declined)
Haas-Koshland Fellowship
NIH Fellowship
Harvard College Research Fellowship
Research Science Institute
