Barbara Imperiali
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University College London, BSc, 1979
Barbara Imperiali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1957 |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD, 1983 University College London, BSc, 1979 |
| Awards | National Academy of Sciences Member, Royal Society Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Glycobiology, Chemical Biology |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor, 1999 – Present California Institute of Technology, Professor, 1989 – 1999 |
| Doctoral advisor | Satoru Masamune |
| Notable students | Sarah O'Connor, Eranthie Weerapana |
| Website | Research site |
Barbara Imperiali (born 1 January 1957) is a Professor of Biology and Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Affiliate Member of the Broad Institute. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Barbara Imperiali was raised in England and attended the Southbank School in Caterham in Surrey, followed by Coloma Grammar School in Croydon where she specialized in studying the sciences.[1] She received her Bachelor of Science in Medicinal Chemistry from the University College London in 1979. She attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received her Doctor of Philosophy in synthetic organic chemistry in 1983. She joined the lab of Satoru Masamune, working to develop and apply new techniques to synthesize a class of antibiotic chemicals known as ansamycin.[2] As a postdoc in the Masamune lab she worked with the enzyme beta-ketothiolase.[1]
She did additional postdoctoral research at Brandeis University in the laboratory of Robert Abeles, where she received training in chemical biology designing, synthesizing, and evaluating peptide-based protease inhibitors.[1]
