David W. Taylor
- Associate Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
Contact Information
NHB
Room Number:4.121
Research
Our research focuses on how macromolecular machines assemble and function. Our current interests include understanding the structural basis for CRISPR RNA-guided adaptive immunity in prokaryotes and genome maintenance and double-strand DNA break repair in eukaryotes. To accomplish these goals, we directly visualize the structures of these protein-nucleic acid complexes using cryo-electron microscopy.
Research Areas
- Biophysics or Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
Fields of Interest
- Structural Biology and Biophysics
- System and Synthetic Biology
- Biochemistry
Centers and Institutes
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Education
- 2008 Syracuse University, B.S., summa cum laude, Biochemistry
- 2010 Yale University, M.Phil., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- 2013 Yale University, Ph.D., with distinction, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Advisor: Dr. Hong-Wei Wang
Publications
Awards
- CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
- Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology Outstanding Postdoc Award, University of California Berkeley
- Damon Runyon Fellow, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
- Mary Ellen Jones Dissertation Prize, Yale University
- AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, Science
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Excellence in Teaching Award, Yale University
- Yale Scientific Teaching Fellow, Yale University
- NSF Predoctoral Fellow, National Science Foundation
- Research Achievement and Academic Excellence Award, Syracuse University Biology Department
- Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Barry M. Goldwater Foundation
- Syracuse University Academic Merit Scholar