{"id":15253,"date":"2023-05-11T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T23:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/?p=15253"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:13:55","slug":"structural-biologist-helen-berman-elected-national-academy-of-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/structural-biologist-helen-berman-elected-national-academy-of-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural biologist Helen Berman elected to the National Academy of Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n                                          \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/Helen-Berman-1920x1080-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Helen Berman smiling, wearing glasses and a red collared shirt with a black top underneath\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Acclaimed researcher Helen Berman is a newly elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. (Photo: Courtesy of Helen Berman.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=faculty\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Structural biologist Helen Berman elected to the National Academy of Sciences<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  The USC Dornsife professor (research) of quantitative and computational biology is recognized for \u201cdistinguished and continuing achievements in original research.\u201d\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Darrin S. Joy<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">May 11, 2023<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 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Berman, professor (research) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcb-dornsife.usc.edu\/\">quantitative and computational biology<\/a> at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bridge-institute\/\">Bridge Institute<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/michelson.usc.edu\/\">USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience<\/a>, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The academy is a private, nonprofit institution established during Abraham Lincoln\u2019s term as U.S. President to recognize members\u2019 achievement in science and advise the federal government and other organizations on matters of science, engineering and health policy.<\/p>\n<p>Berman, a Professor Emerita at Rutgers University, joined USC Dornsife in January. She is among 120 members and 23 international members elected to the academy this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a wonderful achievement that comes on top of many honors that Professor Berman received for contributions to the field of computational and structural biology,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/remo-rohs-aaas\/\">Remo Rohs<\/a>, chair of the Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology and professor of quantitative and computational biology, chemistry, physics and astronomy, and computer science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe careers of most cell and molecular biologists have been enriched in amazing ways by the work that Helen has performed. Her co-founding of the Protein Data Bank has created the most important dictionary we use in studying the language of life,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/scott-fraser-elected-member-national-academy-medicine\/\">Scott Fraser<\/a>, director of Bridge Institute and Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology, Ophthalmology and Quantitative and Computational Biology. \u201cThe field would be decades behind if not for her visionary efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berman studies nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, and how proteins interact with them. She also studies collagen, a protein found throughout the body that provides structure and strength to muscles, bones and skin as well as the tissues that connect them.<\/p>\n<p>She says she\u2019s driven to pursue her research by a love of learning and discovery, and she tries to foster that drive in others, as well. \u201cIn my work, I try to balance time between conducting my own research with ways of enabling scientific discovery by others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She co-founded the Protein Data Bank archive, an international archive that stores all experimentally determined structures of molecules and their complexes. The PDB enabled the important, artificial intelligence-driven breakthrough, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepmind.com\/research\/highlighted-research\/alphafold\">AlphaFold<\/a>. Developed by Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepmind.com\/\">DeepMind<\/a> and openly available to the scientific community, AlphaFold can predict the three-dimensional structures or folds of all existing proteins using their amino acid sequence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis work would not have been possible without Helen\u2019s groundbreaking contributions,\u201d Rohs said.<\/p>\n<p>Berman has also pursued an interest in sharing her work with the public through film and digital arts. She was executive producer of the documentary series <a href=\"https:\/\/targetzerofilm.org\/film.html\"><em>Target Zero<\/em><\/a>, which uses high-quality animation to illustrate how anti-HIV drugs work. At USC Dornsife, she is contributing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bridge-institute\/world-in-a-cell\/\">World in a Cell<\/a> project, a collaboration between the Bridge Institute and the <a href=\"https:\/\/cinema.usc.edu\/\">USC School of Cinematic Arts<\/a> that uses virtual reality to provide a view of the inside of a pancreatic beta cell, where insulin is made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScientists need to analyze and weigh in on issues as they relate to the public good,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have a responsibility to help educate not only our students but the public at large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Renowned among her peers, Berman is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Society for Computational Biology among other organizations. 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