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Wah Chiu is a Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professor of Bioengineering and Microbiology Immunology at Stanford University. He is a pioneer in the development of methodologies for cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Chiu's work has significantly advanced the structural determination of molecular machines at atomic resolution. His laboratory has successfully resolved cryo-EM structures of various biological entities, including viruses and membrane proteins. Chiu continues to enhance testing and characterization protocols for cryo-EM instrumentation, and he is currently developing cryogenic electron tomography (cryo-ET) to determine near-atomic resolution structures of molecular complexes in situ. Over his academic career, Chiu has collaborated with scientists worldwide to enhance the understanding of critical biological processes such as protein folding, virus assembly and disassembly, and signal transduction.
Stanford University • Stanford, California
Wallenberg-Bienenstock Professor in Bioengineering and Microbiology Immunology.
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory • Menlo Park, California
Director of Division CryoEM Bioimaging.
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