Juan S. Bonifacino
American cell biologist
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Juan S. Bonifacino is an Argentinian-American cell biologist and biochemist. He is an NIH Distinguished Investigator and chief of the Section on Intracellular Protein Trafficking at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is a fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Juan S. Bonifacino | |
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| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Known for | Research on intracellular transport, protein sorting, endosomes, lysosomes, and adaptor protein complexes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell biology, biochemistry, molecular biology |
| Institutions | National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
Career
Bonifacino was a predoctoral fellow of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina from 1978 to 1982. He joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1982 as a postdoctoral fellow at NICHD,[1] where he worked with Maria Dufau. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research with Richard Klausner at the National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases and NICHD.[2][3]
At NICHD, Bonifacino was a visiting associate in the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch from 1986 to 1991. From 1991 to 1997, he was a visiting scientist and chief of the Unit on Intracellular Protein Trafficking.[3] In 1997, he became senior investigator and chief of the Section on Intracellular Protein Trafficking.[4]
He was chief of the Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch from 1997 to 2007 and headed the Cell Biology and Metabolism Program from 2007 to 2015.[2] From 2015 to 2023, he was associate scientific director of NICHD's Neurosciences and Cellular and Structural Biology Division.[4]
Honors and awards
- 2009 – Sackler Lecturer, The Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, Tel Aviv University[5]
- 2015 – IAS Distinguished Lecture, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology[6]
- 2015 – Raíces Award for International Cooperation in Science, Ministry of Science of Argentina[7]
- 2018 – Elected fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology[8]
- 2018 – John Hughlings Jackson Lecture, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University[9]
- 2019 – NIH Director’s Award[10]
- 2019 – Peter Maloney Lecture, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine[11]
- 2022 – Keith Porter Lecture Award, American Society for Cell Biology[12]
- 2023 – Oscar Orías Lecture[13]
- 2024 – Named Distinguished Visitor to the National University of Córdoba, Argentina[14]
- 2025 – Andrew Somlyo Honorary Lecture, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine[15]
- 2025 – Van Deenen Medal Award, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University[16]
- 2025 – Joseph C. Calandra Lecture, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine[17]
- 2025 – Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18]
- 2026 – Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[19]