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H. Ronald Kaback, M.D.

H. Ronald  Kaback

Dr. Kaback is Professor of Physiology and of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and a member of the Molecular Biology Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his M.D. degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, interned at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, and did postdoctoral research at Einstein. Subsequently, he conducted research in membrane biochemistry at the National Heart Institute and the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, chairing the Department of Biochemistry at the Roche Institute. Dr. Kaback is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the American Biophysical Society.



RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Ronald Kaback's research is focused primarily on the structure and mechanism of energy-transducing membrane transport proteins.

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Photo: Courtesy of University of California, Los Angeles

HHMI ALUMNI INVESTIGATOR
1989– 2004
University of California, Los Angeles


Research Abstract
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Mechanism of Energy Transduction In a Membrane Transport Protein: The Lactose Permease of Escherichia coli

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