Daniel Herschlag (born October 16, 1958) is an American biochemist and Professor of Biochemistry at the

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. His research uses an interdisciplinary approach to advance our understanding of the fundamental behavior of RNA and proteins. He is well known for his application of rigorous kinetic and mechanistic approaches to RNA and protein systems.

Education

Herschlag received a B.S. degree in biochemistry from

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in 1982. He began his graduate studies at

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then moved on to complete his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry at

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under W.P. Jencks in 1988.

Career

Herschlag was a

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Postdoctoral Fellow at the

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from 1989 to 1992. He conducted post-doctoral research on the mechanism of the newly discovered RNA self-splicing reaction in the lab of

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. In 1992, Herschlag joined the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry in the

, earning tenure in 1997. He was promoted to full professor in 2002. In 2011, he was appointed the Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs for the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Selected awards

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, 1997 *Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, 2000 *ASBMB William Rose Award, 2010 *National Academy of Sciences Inductee, 2018 *Biophysical Society Founders Award, 2020

Selected publications

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Personal

Herschlag currently lives in El Granada, CA with his wife and two children.

References

External links

Herschlag Lab WebsiteStanford University School of Medicine Biochemistry DepartmentStanford Community Academic Profile, Daniel Herschlag
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herschlag, Daniel 1958 births Living people Stanford University School of Medicine faculty 21st-century American biochemists Brandeis University alumni Binghamton University alumni Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science University of Minnesota alumni University of Colorado Boulder alumni