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Professor Frances Brodsky
Professor of Cell Biology
Department of Structural and Molecular Biology
Division of Biosciences
果冻影院, London
Adjunct Professor
Departments of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and Microbiology & Immunology
The G.W. Hooper Foundation
University of California, San Francisco
Honorary Professor
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
University of Queensland, Brisbane
Frances Brodsky graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Biochemical Sciences in 1976, and earned her doctorate from Oxford University under a Marshall Scholarship in 1979.听 Brodsky's graduate work with immunologist Sir Walter Bodmer applied the then-novel technology of monoclonal antibodies to study human histocompatability molecules (HLA).听 Brodsky worked as a postdoctoral fellow, first with Jack Strominger at Harvard, and then with Peter Parham at Stanford University, initiating her research on clathrin biochemistry.听 Brodsky then joined Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems as a Programme Manager, where she ran her own lab for four years focussing on clathrin and intracellular membrane traffic in the immune response, which she continued as an Assistant Professor at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).听 Brodsky was awarded tenure in 1994, and was a full professor at UCSF until 2014, when she joined 果冻影院 (果冻影院) as Director of the Division of Biosciences (2014-2020), where she continues to run her laboratory and teach.听 Prof. Brodsky has served as a member and chair of numerous boards, study sections, and advisory committees for organisations such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Human Frontiers Science Program, the Searle Scholars Program and the Pew Scholars Program.听 She is an elected fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (serving on council, 2018-2020 and as Interim Vice-President International, 2020-2021) and member of EMBO.听 In 2000, Brodsky co-founded the scientific journal Traffic, which specialises in intracellular transport, and served as an editor and on the board until 2020.听 Research in the Brodsky lab continues to focus on the biochemical and physiological functions of clathrin.
Education
| Stanford University, USA | 听1980 - 82 | 听笔辞蝉迟诲辞肠 | 听Structural Biology |
| Harvard University, USA | 听1980 | 听笔辞蝉迟诲辞肠 | 听叠颈辞肠丑别尘颈蝉迟谤测 |
| Oxford University, UK | 听1979 | 听D Phil | 听骋别苍别迟颈肠蝉 |
| Harvard University, USA | 听1976 | 听叠础 | 听叠颈辞肠丑别尘颈蝉迟谤测 |
Honours and Awards
| 2021 | 听Interim Vice-President International, Academy of Medical Sciences | |
| 2019 | 听Appointed member of the Governing Council of the Academy of Medical Sciences | |
| 2018 | 听Keynote speaker at conference on Molecular Evolution and the Cell - University of Utah | |
| 2017 | 听15th Randall Lecturer, King's College London | |
| 2017 | 听Elected Member of EMBO | |
| 2017 | 听External Member, Francis Crick Institute, Cell Biology and Signalling Interest Group | |
| 2016 | 听Wellcome Trust Investigator | |
| 2015 | 听Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK | |
| 2010 | 听Lord Harris Visiting Professorship, Harris Manchester College, Oxford | |
| 2007 | 听WICB Senior Career Recognition Award, American Society for Cancer Biology | |
| 2006 | 听Visiting Fellow, King's College, Cambridge | |
| 2006 | 听Margaret Pittman Lecturer, National Institutes of Health | |
| 2005 - present | 听Honorary Professor, Institute for Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland | 听 |
| 2005 | 听Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecturer, McGill University | |
| 1988 - 1992 | 听Pew Scholar Award | |
| 1987 | 听Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Fund Research Starter Grant | |
| 1980 - 1982 | 听Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Fund, Postdoctoral Fellowship | |
| 1976 - 1979 | 听Marshall Scholarship for Study in the United Kingdom | |
| 1976 | 听Graduated听Summa cum laude听in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard | |
| 1975 | 听Dreyfus Fellowship (Summer Research), Phi Beta Kappa - Junior Year |
Review and Advisory Board Memberships
| 2018 - present | 听Jury member, Blavatnik Life Sciences Award |
| 2017 - 2023 | 听Member and Chair (2020-2023), Sectional Committee 2, Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 2017听 | 听Chair, HCERES lab review panel, Institut Curie |
| 2014 - 2020 | 听Chair, Academic Oversight Committee, Institute of Zoology, ZSL |
| 2011 - 2017 | 听Member, National Advisory Board, Pew Scholars Program |
| 2013 - 2015 | 听Chair, MBPP Study Section, NIH |
| 2009 - 2015 | 听Member, MBPP Study Section, NIH |
| 2006 - 2010 | 听Member, Searle Scholars Advisory Board |
| 2002 - 2007 | 听Member, Vice-Chair and Chair, Human Frontiers Science Program Review Committee |
| 1999 - 2004 | 听Member, Board of Scientific Counsellors, NIAID |
| 1998 - 2003 | 听Member, Career Award Review Panel, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America |
| 1992 - 1997 | 听Member, ALY Study Section, NIH |
Editorial Board Memberships
| 听2000 - 2020 | 听Editorial Board, Traffic (Founding co-editor 2000-2005, Reviews Editor 2005-2010) |
| 听2011 - 2017 | 听Editorial Board,听Frontiers in Life Sciences |
| 听2008 - 2011 | 听Board of Management, HFSP Journal, now Frontiers in Life Sciences |
| 听1984 - 1999 | 听Member, Editorial Board of Human Immunology |
| 听1992 - 1997 | 听Editorial board, Journal of Clinical Investigation |
| 听1991 - 1994 | 听Associate Editor, Journal of Immunology |
Positions
| 2014 - present | 听Professor of Cell Biology, 果冻影院 |
| 2014 - 2020听 | 听Director, Division of Biosciences, 果冻影院 |
| 2015 - present | 听Adjunct Professor, UCSF |
| 1994 - 2015 | 听Professor, UCSF |
| 2005 - present | 听Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Australia |
| 2000 - 2020 | 听Editorial Board, Traffic (Founding co-editor 2000-2005, Reviews Editor 2005-2010) |
| 1991 - 1994 | 听Associate Professor, UCSF |
| 1987 - 1991 | 听Assistant Professor, UCSF |
| 1982 - 1986 | 听Program Manager, Cell Biology, Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems |
| 1980 - 1982 | 听笔辞蝉迟诲辞肠toral Fellow under Dr. P. Parham, Stanford University |
| 1979 - 1980 | 听笔辞蝉迟诲辞肠toral Fellow under Dr. J.L. Strominger, Harvard University |
| 1976 - 1979 | 听Graduate Student under Dr. W.F. Bodmer, Oxford University |
Publications
Please follow this听听for a complete list of Prof. Brodsky's publications.
Books
Novels for lay audience about bench science, writing听as B.B. Jordan.
- Triplet Code (2001), Berkley Prime Crime ISBN-10: 0425179206; ISBN-13: 978-0425179208
- Secondary Immunization (1999), Berkley Prime Crime ISBN-10: 0425171183; ISBN-13: 978-0425171189
- Principal Investigation (1997), Berkley Prime Crime听ISBN-10: 0425160904; ISBN-13: 978-0425160909
Tributes
- Brodsky, FM. 1952-1998 - Obituary. Trends Cell Biol. 8, 476 (1998).
- Traub, LM & Brodsky, FM.听 1950-2020. J Cell Biol. Nov 2;219(11):e202009044. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202009044. (2020).
- Brodsky, FM & Parham, P. In memoriam: (1946-2020), publisher, colleague and friend. Traffic. 2020 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/tra.12767. (2020).
