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USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Steve A. KayAnna H. Bing Dean's chair in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology, Physiology and BiophysicsContact Information E-mail: dean@dornsife.usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-2531 Office: ADM 304 LINKS Faculty Profile on Departmental Website Personal Website Department of Biological Sciences Molecular and Computational Biology |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, 1984
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B.S. Biochemistry, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, 1981
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Postdoctoral Fellow, The Rockefeller University, 1985-1989
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Our laboratory studies the composition and architecture of circadian networks in plants and animals. These networks are thought to provide adaptive advantages to organisms, and are now known to be pervasive in their integration with many other regulatory modules in multiple cell types. We employ high throughput genomic and chemical biology pipelines to identify network components and apply mechanistic approaches to understand their detailed function and interactions. In both plant and animal systems we have found that circadian networks are hierarchical and composed of regulatory layers that act at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. | |
Honors and Awards |
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USC Endowed Chair, Anna H. Bing Dean's Chair in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology, Physiology and Biophysics, 10/1/2012-
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ASPB Award for the Martin Gibbs Medal, 2011-
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Highly Cited Researcher, ISI, 2010-
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UCSD Chancellor's Associates Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, 2010-
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National Academy Member, Member, National Academey of Sciences USA, 2008-
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Science Breakthroughs of the Year, 2002-
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Honma Prize for Life Sciences, 1999-
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Science Breakthroughs of the Year, 1998-
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Science Breakthroughs of the Year, 1997-
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Richard C. Atkinson Chair in Biological Sciences, UCSD, 2007-2012
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W.M. Keck Foundation Junior Faculty Award, 1992-1996
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NIH Director's Shannon Award, 1991-1993
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