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BIO Dr. Bustamante is also Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, and Chemistry at the University Of California, Berkeley . He received his B.S. degree from Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, Peru; his masters in biochemistry from San Marcos University ; and his Ph.D. degree in biophysics from UC Berkeley , where he studied with Ignacio Tinoco, Jr. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Dr. Bustamante studied with Marc Maestre . He was a member of the chemistry department at the University Of New Mexico in 1982 . Before moving to Berkeley, he was an HHMI investigator at the University Of Oregon . Dr. Bustamante is a member of the National Academy Of Sciences . RESEARCH FOCUS Carlos Bustamante uses novel methods of Single-molecule Visualization , such as scanning force microscopy, to study the structure and function of Nucleoprotein Assemblies . His laboratory is developing methods of Single-molecule Manipulation , such as Optical Tweezers , to characterize the elasticity of DNA , to induce the mechanical unfolding of individual Protein Molecules , and to investigate the machine-like behavior of molecular motors. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Professor in Molecular and Cell Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, University Of California, Berkeley (1998 - present). Born 1951, Peru; B.S. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, M.S. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley; Kellogg Foundation Scholarship during the Master in Biochemistry (1973-1975); Fullbright Commission and Institute Of International Education Fellow (1975-1976); Abraham Rosenberg Scholarship , University Of California, Berkeley (1975-1976); Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley (1976-1981); Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkely (1981-1982); Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico (1982-1986); Searle Scholar (1984); Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1985); Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico (1986-1989); Presidential Lecturer in Chemistry, University of New Mexico (1986); State of New Mexico Eminent Scholar (1989); Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of New Mexico (1989-1990); Professor of Chemistry and Member of the Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (1991-1998); (1994-1998) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator; Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (1995); Member of the Science Advisory Board of the Searle Scholars Program (1997 ? 2000); Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator (2000) EXTERNAL LINKS
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