Bowie, James U.

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Division | Biochemistry |
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Faculty Professor |
Specialties | Analytical Bioenergy and the Environment Biochemistry Biophysics Chemical Biology Structural and Computational Biology Systems Biology and Biological Regulation |
Contact Information
Office | Boyer Hall 655A (310) 206-4747 |
Lab | Boyer Hall 659 (310) 206-7481 |
Short Biography
- B.A. Carleton College 1981
- Ph.D. MIT 1989
- Life Sciences Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (1989-1992)
- American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow (1992-1993)
- Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA (1993-2000)
- Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA (2000-2004)
- Professor,Chemistry & Biochemistry (2004-present)
- Vice Chair Chemistry & Biochemistry(2013-present)
- Protein Society Executive Council (2006-2012)
- Protein Society President (2013-present)
- Editorial Board of Journal of Molecular Biology (2006-), Biochemistry (2006-), Protein Science (2000-) and Proteins (1997-2005)
- Advisory Board Swedish Biomembrane Center (2005-2010)
- Co-chair, FASEB summer conference on Mol. Biophys. Cell. Membranes (2006 & 2008)
- Co-chair Gordon Conference on Proteins (2010 & 2012)
- Co-chair of Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting on Membrane Protein folding (2013)
- Founder and co-chair of Gordon Conference of Membrane Protein Folding (2015)
- Member NIH BBM study section (2006-2010)
Biography
Bowie got hooked on proteins at an early age and never looked back. The obsession began as a high school student when he did a research project on blood clotting enzymes with Kenneth G. Mann at the Mayo Clinic in his hometown of Rochester, MN. The research project won him a trip to the International Science and Engineering fair and a Westinghouse Award, experiences that further stimulated his interest in science. He went on to Carleton College, where he got a B. A. degree in Chemistry with Distinction. He did research in carbohydrate chemistry with Gary R. Gray at the University of Minnesota before entering graduate school at M.I.T. There he returned to proteins in the laboratory of Robert T. Sauer, using experimental and computational methods to probe and predict protein structure. After completing his Ph.D. work, he did postdoctoral work with David Eisenberg at UCLA, continuing work on structure prediction and structure determination by x-ray crystallography. He joined the UCLA faculty in 1993 and is now a full professor.
Research Interests
Membrane Protein Folding
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Synthetic Biochemistry for Green Production of Chemicals and Biofuels
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SAM Domains
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Honors & Awards
- 2012 Elected President of the Protein Society for 2013-14
- 2012 UCLA Society of Postdoctoral Scholars Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
- 2009 Dreyfus Foundation Postdoc Prog in Envir. Chem. Mentor
- 2008 Re-elected to Protein Society Executive Council
- 2008 Elected Fellow of AAAS
- 2007 Elected Chair, 2009&11 Gordon Conference on Proteins
- 2006 Elected to the Protein Society Executive Council
- 2004 Elected Chair, 2006&8 FASEB Conference on Mol. Biophys. of Cell. Membranes
- 2001 Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar
- 1998 McCoy Award in Chemistry
- 1994 NSF National Young Investigator
- 1994 Pew Scholar
- 1992 American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 1989 Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 1981 Distinction in Chemistry, Carleton College
- 1981 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa