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2022 ASBMB Election
Home Membership Election 2022 Jeremy Thorner

THORNER, Jeremy

Distinguished professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology)

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Jeremy Thorner

Statement of interest

The mission of the ASBMB Nominating Committee is to encourage ASBMB members to stand for election to serve the society in its various leadership roles, specifically president, the Council, the Publications Committee and the Nominating Committee itself. The many activities of ASBMB are best achieved by ensuring gender equity and diversity in its advisory bodies and leadership, as well as in its general membership. To thrive, our organization needs to be inclusive, and to hear from and recruit diverse voices. Hence, the most important function of the Nominating Committee is to make certain we draw on the rich pool of our membership and secure the participation of individuals from all quarters of the biochemical sciences.

Education and training

  • A.B., biochemical sciences, Harvard College (1967)
  • Ph.D., biochemistry, Harvard University (1972)
  • Postdoctoral fellow, biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine (1972–1974)

Awards and honors

  • Fellow, Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (1972–1974)
  • Ten-year MERIT Award, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1989–1998)
  • William V. Power Endowed Chair in Biology, UC Berkeley (1991–2011)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1998), American Academy of Microbiology (1998), American Society for Cell Biology (2017)
  • Dean's Award for Distinguished Research Mentoring of Undergraduates in the Biological Sciences, College of Letters and Science, UC Berkeley (2004)
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2007), U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2015)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Genetics Society of America-sponsored Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology Meeting, University of Washington (2014)
  • Herbert Tabor Research Award, ASBMB (2019)
  • Outstanding Teaching Excellence Award, Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley (2019)
  • Centenary Award, The Biochemical Society (2022)

Experience

  • Assistant, associate, professor, emeritus professor, UC Berkeley (1974–present)
  • Program director, Training Grant in Cellular and Molecular Biology (1986–1997)
  • Member, Nominating Committee, ASBMB (1991–1992, 1998–1999)
  • Panel member and chair (1996–1997), Genetics and Molecular Biology Review Panel, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship Program, National Research Council (1994–1997)
  • Vice chair (1998) and chair (1999), Gordon Research Conference on Second Messengers and Protein Phosphorylation
  • Member, Medical and Scientific Advisory Board, Lowe Syndrome Association (2003–2019); Conference Evaluation Committee, Gordon Research Conferences (2012–18); Inaugural Selection Committee, James Prize in Science and Technology Integration, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Member of several site visit committees (2002–2021)