ATA Welcomes New Board of Director Members
Gregory A. Petsko, D.Phil. is professor of neurology and neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City and the Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Emeritus, at Brandeis University. He received a Rhodes Scholarship and obtained his doctorate from Oxford University with Sir David Chilton Phillips in 1973.
Dr. Petsko is concerned with the three-dimensional structures of proteins and their biochemical functions, especially proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Most of his work is done in collaboration with Brandeis Prof. Dagmar Ringe.
He is a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine, as well as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is a past president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and president-elect of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He is coauthor with Dagmar Ringe of the book Protein Structure and Function. With her he has trained almost 150 graduate students and postdocs over the past 32 years. He is also the co-founder of two publicly traded biotechnology companies. Learn more...>
David Schwartz is a partner with the law firm of
Schwartz & Roman PLLC, and licensed to practice law in NH, MA, ME, VT, FL and GA.
He received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University, his law degree from the University of Miami, and his Master of Law degree in Taxation from Boston University.
David assisted in setting up the ALS Therapy Alliance in 2002, and has been its legal counsel and a major supporter since its inception.
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