Dr. Milton Saier

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Biography

Milton Saier is a Professor in the Department of Research at the University of California, San Diego. He received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley and completed his postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University before moving to UCSD as an assistant professor. His laboratory focuses on three main research interests: transcriptional metabolic regulation in bacteria, the evolution of transport proteins, and the process of transposon-mediated directed mutation. His work on the Transporter Classification Database (TCDB) continues to categorize transport systems found in living organisms. Saier's research employs a multidisciplinary approach, using biochemical, molecular genetic, physiological, and computational methods. He has identified mechanisms of catabolite repression and activation and studied protein interactions within metabolic pathways in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. His research has contributed to the understanding of the evolutionary mechanisms and transcriptional control in bacterial systems.

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Experience

Professor

2000-01-01 — Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Teaching and conducting research in the field of metabolic regulation and transport proteins.

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).