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James R. Williamson is a Professor in the Departments of Integrative Structural and Computation Biology at Scripps Research, in La Jolla, CA.  Dr. Williamson received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1988 and following postdoctoral work at the University of Colorado he joined the faculty in the Chemistry Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990.  Dr. Williamson moved to Scripps Research in 1998 as Professor, where he has also served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Executive Vice President of Research and Academic Affairs.  Dr. Williamson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.  Dr. Williamson's research involves biochemical and biophysical approaches to study RNA structure, RNA-protein interactions, and ribosome assembly.  Most recently, he has used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the detailed assembly mechanism of the bacterial 50S ribosomal subunit.

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