Dr. Itay Budin

Associate Professor

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Biography

Itay Budin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California San Diego. His research focuses on biochemistry, specifically the biophysical and engineering approaches to understand the inner workings of cell membranes and their lipid building blocks. His lab utilizes a variety of techniques to investigate cellular biochemistry and biophysics, contributing significant advancements to the field. Budin has received multiple awards, including the Gunter Blobel Award and the DOE Early Career Award, highlighting his contributions to the scientific community. He has published extensively in prominent journals and serves on various editorial boards. He earned his PhD from Harvard University in 2012 and his BS from Cornell University in 2007. With a dedicated interest in the dynamics of membrane lipids under various conditions, his work continues to pave the way for innovative solutions in biochemistry and synthetic biology.

Research Interests

Awards

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New Notable Lecture

2025-01-01
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Gunter Blobel Award

2024-01-01
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Topic Editor

2024-01-01
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Outstanding Teaching Award

2024-01-01
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Distinguished Investigator Award

2024-01-01
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Walter Shaw Young Investigator Award

2023-01-01
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DOE Early Career Award

2022-01-01
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NSF CAREER Award

2020-01-01
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Early Career Board Member

2019-01-01
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Herb Tabor Young Investigator Award

2017-01-01
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Miller Institute Junior Fellowship

2012-01-01
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Harold M. Weintraub Award

2012-01-01
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Matt Meselson Prize

2009-01-01

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).