Leemor Joshua-Tor

Leemor Joshua-Tor is the W.M. Keck Professor of Structural Biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. Her research focuses on the role of argonaute in RNA interference.

Leemor Joshua-Tor
Born
Rehovot, Israel
Alma mater
Scientific career
Institutions

Early life and education

Leemor Joshua-Tor was born in Rehovot, Israel. She received a B.S. from Tel-Aviv University in chemistry, then served for three years in the Israeli Defense Forces. She earned a PhD in chemistry in the lab of Joel Sussman from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1991, then did postdoctoral research at CalTech.[1]

Career

Joshua-Tor joined the faculty at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1995 and was promoted to full professor in 2005.[2] She was Dean of the Watson School of Biological Sciences from 2007 to 2012.[2] She is a faculty advisor of CSHL's Women in Science and Engineering group.[2] She has been an HHMI investigator since 2008.[3]

In 2005, her lab published the structure of argonaute, helping to demonstrate its role in RNA interference, and she is known for her research on argonaute's slicer. She has collaborated extensively with Greg Hannon.[2][4][5] Joshua-Tor's research has shed light on how the proteins responsible for RNA interference function[6].

Awards
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References
  1. "CSHL's Dr. Leemor Joshua-Tor is elected to The National Academy of Sciences". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. "Research profile: Leemor Joshua-Tor". Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. "Leemor Joshua-Tor". HHMI.org. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. "Joshua–Tor recognized as 'one of the top scientists in her field'". www.asbmb.org.
  5. "SBGrid Consortium - Member Tale - Leemor Joshua-Tor - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory". sbgrid.org. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  6. "Leemor Joshua-Tor". HHMI.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  7. "Joshua-Tor, Leemor". www.beckman-foundation.org. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. "Leemor Joshua-Tor". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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