Daniel Kaganovich, Associate Professor of Neurobiology
Daniel Kaganovich received an A. B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University in 2001. 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, 2013
American Federation for Aging Research New Investigator Award in Alzheimer's Disease, 2012
Golda Meir Fellowship Award, 2010
Fulbright Fellowship (declined), 2010
American Academy of Neurology International Scholarship Award, 2010
Haas-Koshland Fellowship, 2007
NIH Fellowship, 2004
Stanford University Department of Biology Teaching Award, 2003
Harvard College Research Fellowship, 2000
Research Science Institute, 1996
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, 2013
American Federation for Aging Research New Investigator Award in Alzheimer's Disease, 2012
Golda Meir Fellowship Award, 2010
Fulbright Fellowship (declined), 2010
American Academy of Neurology International Scholarship Award, 2010
Haas-Koshland Fellowship, 2007
NIH Fellowship, 2004
Stanford University Department of Biology Teaching Award, 2003
Harvard College Research Fellowship, 2000
Research Science Institute, 1996
