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Dr. Wiley was also Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Harvard University and Research Associate in Medicine at the Children's Hospital, Boston. He received his Ph.D. degree in biophysics from Harvard University. He then served as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Harvard before attaining his present position. Dr. Wiley was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among the honors he received are the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, the V. D. Mattia Award from the Roche Institute, the Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the Rose Payne Distinguished Scientist Award, and the 1999 Japan Prize.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Unitil his recent death, Don Wiley studied the atomic structure and biochemical functions of membrane glycoproteins on viral and human cellular surfaces that are involved in infectivity and human immune responses. His lab continues his work.
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