Olga Boudker | |
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Alma mater |
Novosibirsk State University Johns Hopkins University Weizmann Institute of Science |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
Weill Cornell Medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Conformational stability of large oligometric proteins (1999) |
Olga Vladimirovna Boudker ( Russian: Ольга Владимировна Будкер) is a Russian born physicist who is a professor of physiology and biophysics at the Weill Cornell Medicine. She looks to understand the mechanisms of membrane transporters in cellular function. She was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Boudker was born in Russia and is a third generation scientist. [1] She was an undergraduate student at the Novosibirsk State University. [2] She moved to the Weizmann Institute of Science for graduate studies, working on the biochemistry of sphingolipids. [2] She joined Johns Hopkins University for her doctoral research, investigating the stability of oligomeric proteins. [3] Boudker then joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University as a postdoctoral fellow.[ citation needed] During her postdoctoral research she became interested in the mechanisms of membrane transporters.
Boudker started her lab at the Weill Cornell Medical College in 2005. [4] Her research considers the molecular mechanisms that underpin cellular function, with a focus on transporter proteins. [5] [6] She has developed a suite of structural probes to better understand these processes, including cryogenic electron microscopy. In 2015, she was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. [7]
In 2021, Boudker was appointed the Acting Chair of Biophysics. [8] In 2022, she was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. [9]
Olga Boudker | |
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Alma mater |
Novosibirsk State University Johns Hopkins University Weizmann Institute of Science |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
Weill Cornell Medicine Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Thesis | Conformational stability of large oligometric proteins (1999) |
Olga Vladimirovna Boudker ( Russian: Ольга Владимировна Будкер) is a Russian born physicist who is a professor of physiology and biophysics at the Weill Cornell Medicine. She looks to understand the mechanisms of membrane transporters in cellular function. She was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022.
Boudker was born in Russia and is a third generation scientist. [1] She was an undergraduate student at the Novosibirsk State University. [2] She moved to the Weizmann Institute of Science for graduate studies, working on the biochemistry of sphingolipids. [2] She joined Johns Hopkins University for her doctoral research, investigating the stability of oligomeric proteins. [3] Boudker then joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University as a postdoctoral fellow.[ citation needed] During her postdoctoral research she became interested in the mechanisms of membrane transporters.
Boudker started her lab at the Weill Cornell Medical College in 2005. [4] Her research considers the molecular mechanisms that underpin cellular function, with a focus on transporter proteins. [5] [6] She has developed a suite of structural probes to better understand these processes, including cryogenic electron microscopy. In 2015, she was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. [7]
In 2021, Boudker was appointed the Acting Chair of Biophysics. [8] In 2022, she was elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences. [9]