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  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1965 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David Eisenberg is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a significant focus on molecular biology and physiology. Medicine is another primary field of study represented in their work.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, protein structure and dynamics, RNA research and splicing, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment outcomes, enzyme structure and function, and prion diseases and protein misfolding.

Frequent publication venues where David Eisenberg's research appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Recent notable papers authored by or associated with the scientist are:

  • Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future (2020), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • The expanding amyloid family: Structure, stability, function, and pathogenesis (2021), published in Cell
  • Amyloid nomenclature 2020: update and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) nomenclature committee (2020), published in Amyloid
  • Amyloid nomenclature 2022: update, novel proteins, and recommendations by the International Society of Amyloidosis (ISA) Nomenclature Committee (2022), published in Amyloid
  • The α-synuclein hereditary mutation E46K unlocks a more stable, pathogenic fibril structure (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Collaborations are an important aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • M.R. Sawaya
  • David R. Boyer
  • Romany Abskharon
  • Qin Cao
  • Kevin A. Murray

David Eisenberg's career is marked by recognition from respected scientific bodies. Awards and memberships include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) since 2002
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2001
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1991
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1989
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation since 1984
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1965

Best Publications

  • TRENDS IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1990-1997 : RESULTS OF A FOLLOW-UP NATIONAL SURVEY

    David M. Eisenberg;Roger B. Davis;Susan L. Ettner;Scott Appel

  • Unconventional medicine in the United States. Prevalence, costs, and patterns of use.

    David M. Eisenberg;Ronald C. Kessler;Cindy Foster;Frances E. Norlock

  • The Structure and Properties of Water

    David S. Eisenberg;Walter Kauzmann

  • Toll-Like Receptor Triggering of a Vitamin D-Mediated Human Antimicrobial Response

    Philip T. Liu;Steffen Stenger;Huiying Li;Linda Wenzel

  • Method to identify protein sequences that fold into a known three-dimensional structure

    David Eisenberg;James U. Bowie;Roland Luthy

  • Assessment of protein models with three-dimensional profiles.

    Roland Lüthy;James U. Bowie;David Eisenberg

  • VERIFY3D: assessment of protein models with three-dimensional profiles.

    David Eisenberg;Roland Lüthy;James U. Bowie

  • Analysis of membrane and surface protein sequences with the hydrophobic moment plot.

    D. Eisenberg;E. Schwarz;M. Komaromy;R. Wall

  • Structure of the cross-beta spine of amyloid-like fibrils.

    Rebecca Nelson;Michael R. Sawaya;Melinda Balbirnie;Anders Ø. Madsen;Anders Ø. Madsen

  • Atomic structures of amyloid cross-beta spines reveal varied steric zippers.

    Michael R. Sawaya;Shilpa Sambashivan;Rebecca Nelson;Magdalena I. Ivanova

  • The Database of Interacting Proteins: 2004 update

    Lukasz Salwínski;Christopher S. Miller;Adam J. Smith;Frank K. Pettit

  • Assigning protein functions by comparative genome analysis protein phylogenetic profiles

    Matteo Pellegrini;Edward M. Marcotte;Michael J. Thompson;David Eisenberg

  • Solvation energy in protein folding and binding

    David Eisenberg;Andrew D. McLachlan

  • Detecting Protein Function and Protein-Protein Interactions from Genome Sequences

    Edward M Marcotte;Matteo Pellegrini;Ho Leung Ng;Danny W. Rice

  • Cell-free Formation of RNA Granules: Low Complexity Sequence Domains Form Dynamic Fibers within Hydrogels

    Masato Kato;Tina W. Han;Shanhai Xie;Kevin Shi

  • DIP, the Database of Interacting Proteins: a research tool for studying cellular networks of protein interactions

    Ioannis Xenarios;Lukasz Salwínski;Xiaoqun Joyce Duan;Patrick Higney

  • The amyloid state of proteins in human diseases

    David Eisenberg;Mathias Jucker;Mathias Jucker

  • Profile analysis: detection of distantly related proteins.

    Michael Gribskov;Andrew D. McLachlan;David Eisenberg

  • DIP: The Databases of Interacting Protein: 2001 update

    Ioannis Xenarios;Esteban Fernandez;Lukasz Salwinski;Xiaoqun Joyce Duan

  • Profile analysis: Detection of distantly related proteins (amino acid/sequence comparison/protein structure/globin structure/immunoglobulin structure)

    Michael Gribskov;Andrew D. Mclachlan;David Eisenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Sawaya
Michael R. Sawaya University of California, Los Angeles
Duilio Cascio
Duilio Cascio University of California, Los Angeles
Roger B. Davis
Roger B. Davis Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ted J. Kaptchuk
Ted J. Kaptchuk Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Russell S. Phillips
Russell S. Phillips Harvard University
Tamir Gonen
Tamir Gonen University of California, Los Angeles
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel C. Cherkin
Daniel C. Cherkin Kaiser Permanente
Thomas C. Terwilliger
Thomas C. Terwilliger Los Alamos National Laboratory
Todd O. Yeates
Todd O. Yeates University of California, Los Angeles

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