Scott A Strobel was born on July 4,1964 and is the provost, Henry Ford II professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and a professor of chemistry at Yale University.
12 Facts About Scott Strobel
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Scott Strobel has been a professor with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 2006.
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Scott Strobel's research focuses on the biophysics and biochemistry of catalytic RNAs, including riboswitches and peptidyl transferase.
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Scott Strobel's group developed the early methods of Nucleotide Analog Interference Mapping, used to determine the importance of particular functional groups in a structured RNA molecule.
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Scott Strobel's group solved the x-ray crystal structure of the full length Azoarcus Group I catalytic intron, the glmS ribozyme, and the c-di-GMP riboswitch.
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Scott Strobel has collaborated with the Thomas A Steitz lab at Yale on structural studies toward better understanding the mechanism of ribosomal peptide synthesis.
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Scott Strobel was twice named a HHMI professor to promote undergraduate science education.
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Scott Strobel has led groups of undergraduate students into the rainforest over spring break to hunt for novel endophytes that live inside plants.
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Scott Strobel has received Beckman, Searle and Basil O'Connor career awards.
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Scott Strobel received the Dylan Hixon Prize for Teaching Excellence in the Natural Sciences.
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Scott Strobel received the Yale Graduate Mentoring Award in the Sciences.
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Scott Strobel received the Yale Science and Engineering Association Award for Meritorious Service to Yale University.