James C. Paulson | |
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Alma mater | MacMurray College, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
Awards | United States EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award, Barnett Lecture, Bijvoet Medal, Karl Meyer Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | The Scripps Research Institute |
James C. Paulson is an American biochemist and biologist known for his work in glycobiology.
A graduate of MacMurray College and University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (M.S., Ph.D.), Paulson was a faculty member and vice-chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry at UCLA School of Medicine (now David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) from 1978-1990. In 1996, he began working for Cytel Corporation, where he was vice president, chief scientific officer, and member of the Board of Directors. [1]
In 1999, he joined the full-time faculty of The Scripps Research Institute. In 2001, he became principal researcher and founding director of the National Institutes of Health-funded Consortium for Functional Glycomics. [2] In 2013, he was appointed chair of the institute's Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. From August 2014 to September 2015, he was the institute's acting president and CEO. [3] [4]
Paulson is currently Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor and co-chair of Department of Molecular Medicine [5] at The Scripps Research Institute.
Paulson’s research program focuses on the field of glycomics, the study of sugars on a molecular level. [6] [7] His work, which may have implications for the treatment of cancer, [8] influenza, [9] and bacterial infections, [10] has been recognized by awards including: Melville L. Wolfram Award; [11] Karl Meyer Award; [12] Bijvoet Medal, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University; [13] Barnett Lecture, Northeastern University; [14] and United States EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award. [15]
Paulson is currently a Glycobiology (journal) editor [16] and past-chair of the American Chemical Society Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry. [17] He is also an advisory board member for: the Joint Center for Structural Genomics, PSI Biology; the Boston University Mass Spectrometry Resource; Alberta Glycomics Centre; [18] Institute for Biological Sciences, NRC, Ottawa; Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Glyco-Net. [19]