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David G. Schatz, PhD
Investigator / 1991–Present

Research Area

Biochemistry, Immunology

Host Institution

Yale University

Current Position

Dr. Schatz is also Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale School of Medicine.

Current Research

Generating a Diverse Repertoire of Antigen-Specific Receptors During Development of the Immune System

David Schatz is interested in understanding the early development of the immune system, particularly the processes that assemble and diversify antigen receptor genes, reactions known as V(D)J recombination and somatic hypermutation.

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Biography

Dr. Schatz is also Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale School of Medicine. He received undergraduate degrees in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and in philosophy and…

Dr. Schatz is also Professor of Immunobiology and of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale School of Medicine. He received undergraduate degrees in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and in philosophy and politics from Oxford University. His Ph.D. degree and postdoctoral training were done with David Baltimore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

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Education

  • BS, MS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
  • MA, Philosophy and Politics, Oxford University
  • PhD, biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Awards

  • Presidential Faculty Fellows Award, National Science Foundation
  • AAI-BD Biosciences Investigator Award
  • Merit Award, National Institutes of Health
  • Rhodes Scholarship
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