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Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.

Tom A. Rapoport

Dr. Rapoport is also Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. He received his Ph.D. degree from Humboldt University, Berlin (East Germany), and his "Habilitation" from the same institution. Before assuming his current position, he was Professor of Cell Biology at the Academy of Sciences of East Germany and later at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Harvard Medical School, Department of Cell Biology


RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:

Tom Rapoport is interested in the mechanism by which proteins are transported across membranes and how organelles form and maintain their characteristic shapes.

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Photo: Gintaras Sekmokas

HHMI INVESTIGATOR
1997– Present
Harvard Medical School

Education
bullet icon Ph.D., chemistry and biochemistry, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
Member
bullet icon National Academy of Sciences
bullet icon American Academy of Arts and Sciences
bullet icon American Association for the Advancement of Science
bullet icon Leopoldina Academy
bullet icon European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
bullet icon External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute) in Goettingen, Germany
Awards
bullet icon Johannes Müller Prize, Society for Experimental Medicine
bullet icon Otto Warburg Medal, German Biochemical Society
bullet icon Max Delbrück Medal
bullet icon Sir Hans Krebs Medal, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
bullet icon A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award
bullet icon Anatrace Membrane Protein Award
bullet icon Schleiden Medal, German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Research Abstract
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Protein Transport in Cells

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The Rapoport Lab
(harvard.edu)

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