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12 Facts About Scott Strobel

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Scott Allen Strobel is the provost of Yale University as well as a professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry.

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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.