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Florante A. Quiocho, Ph.D.

Florante A. Quiocho

Dr. Quiocho is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Charles C. Bell Professor of Structural Biology at Baylor College of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology at Rice University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in biochemistry at Yale University under the direction of Frederic Richards and was a postdoctoral research fellow in chemistry with William Lipscomb at Harvard University. He was a member of the Rice University faculty before moving to Baylor. Dr. Quiocho has been a visiting research scientist and a research fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organization at Oxford University and a Guggenheim fellow.



RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Florante Quiocho is interested in understanding the atomic details of protein-ligand interactions, processes that form the basis of biological and biochemical specificity and activity.

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Photo: Courtesy of Baylor College of Medicine

HHMI ALUMNI INVESTIGATOR
1986– 2004
Baylor College of Medicine


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Protein Structures, Molecular Recognition, and Function

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