Timothy John RICHMOND - Curriculum Vitae#
Occupation: Professor of Crystallography of Biological Macromolecules
Education
- 1966-70 B.S., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A. Department of Biochemistry, advisors: Dr. L. Butler and Dr. M.G. Rossmann.
- 1970-75 Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A. Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry- Thesis advisors: Dr. F.M. Richards and Dr. T.A. Steitz. Thesis title: "Studies on the Interaction of lac Repressor with DNA"
Appointments
- 1969-70 Research Assistant with Dr. L. Butler, Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
- 1970-71 Research Assistant with Dr. M.G. Rossmann, Department of Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
- 1971-73 Graduate Teaching Fellow with Dr. F.M. Richards and Dr. T.A. Steitz, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- 1975 Assistant in Research with Dr. T.A. Steitz, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- 1975-78 Postdoctoral Associate with Dr. F.M. Richards, Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- 1978-80 Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. A. Klug, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K.
- 1980-87 Tenured Staff Scientist, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, U.K.
- 1987- Professor, Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2005-07 Vice Chairperson, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- 2007-09 Chairperson, Department of Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Fellowships
- 1970-74 U.S. Public Health Service Training Grant
- 1978-80 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
Editorships
- 1988-01 Journal of Molecular Biology
- 1997-02 BBA Reviews on Cancer
Consultation
- 1988-91 Boehringer-Mannheim GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
- 1996-04 Scientific Advisory Committee of the Swiss Light Source
- 2001- Wolfgang-Pauli Lectures Committee of the ETH Zürich
- 2002-03 Human Frontier Science Program Fellowship Review Committee
- 2003-07 Research Commission of the ETH Zürich
- 2004- Science Committee of the Fondation Louis-Jeantet de Médecine
- 2005-07 Novartis, Boston, U.S.A and Basel, Switzerland
Memberships
- 1988 Member of the Chemische Gesellschaft Zürich
- 1994 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1994 Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics
- 1995 Member of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie, Molekularbiologie und Genetik
- 1995 Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- 2000 Member of the Academia Europae
- 2004 Member of the German Academy of Science
- 2007 Member of the U.S. National Academy of Science
Honors
- 1984 Max Perutz Major Award, Max Perutz Trust Fund
- 1988 Plenary Lecture, Yakult International Symposium
- 1997 Bürgenstock Lecture, ESF/EUCHEM Conference
- 1997 Johnson Foundation Award and Lecture, University of Pennsylvania
- 1997 Plenary Lecture, First Annual Conference of the Swedish Structural Biology Network
- 1998 Carter-Wallace Lectures, Princeton University
- 1998 Fifth Fred Richards Lecture, Yale University
- 1999 Keynote Speaker, 18th Summer Symposium, Pennsylvania State University
- 1999 Plenary Lecture, 18th Congress of the International Union of Crystallography
- 2000 Beach Lectures, Purdue University
- 2001 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Purdue University
- 2002 Louis-Jeantet Prize, Fondation Louis-Jeantet de Médecine
- 2003 Signer Lecture, University of Bern
- 2006 Jerry A. Weisbach Distinguished Lecture, Rockefeller University
- 2006 Marcel Benoist Prize, Marcel-Benoist-Stiftung
- 2007 Fritz Lipmann Award Lecture, Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
- 2008 Chatt Lecture, John Innes Centre
- 2010 Wilbur Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School Alumni Association
Patents
- I. Berger, D. J. Fitzgerald and T. J. Richmond (2005). "New expression tools for multiprotein applications", Vol. PCT/EP2004013381 WO 2005/085456 A1 Intern. Publ. 15.09.2005.
- I. Berger, D. J. Fitzgerald and T. J. Richmond (2006). "Production of multiprotein complexes from polygenes", Vol. EP 05024271.8.
