James C. Paulson

James C. Paulson is an American biochemist and biologist known for his work in glycobiology.

James C. Paulson
Alma materMacMurray College, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
AwardsUnited States EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award, Barnett Lecture, Bijvoet Medal, Karl Meyer Award
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsThe Scripps Research Institute

Career

A graduate of MacMurray College and University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (M.S., Ph.D.), Paulson was a faculty member and vice-chair of the Department of Biological Chemistry at UCLA School of Medicine (now David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) from 1978-1990. In 1996, he began working for Cytel Corporation, where he was vice president, chief scientific officer, and member of the Board of Directors.[1]

In 1999, he joined the full-time faculty of The Scripps Research Institute. In 2001, he became principal researcher and founding director of the National Institutes of Health-funded Consortium for Functional Glycomics.[2] In 2013, he was appointed chair of the institute's Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. From August 2014 to September 2015, he was the institute's acting president and CEO.[3][4]

Paulson is currently Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor and co-chair of Department of Molecular Medicine[5] at The Scripps Research Institute.

Paulson’s research program focuses on the field of glycomics, the study of sugars on a molecular level.[6][7] His work, which may have implications for the treatment of cancer,[8] influenza,[9] and bacterial infections,[10] has been recognized by awards including: Melville L. Wolfram Award;[11] Karl Meyer Award;[12] Bijvoet Medal, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University;[13] Barnett Lecture, Northeastern University;[14] and United States EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award.[15]

Associations

Paulson is currently a Glycobiology (journal) editor[16] and past-chair of the American Chemical Society Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry.[17] He is also an advisory board member for: the Joint Center for Structural Genomics, PSI Biology; the Boston University Mass Spectrometry Resource; Alberta Glycomics Centre;[18] Institute for Biological Sciences, NRC, Ottawa; Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Glyco-Net.[19]

References
  1. "James Paulson CV". The Scripps Research Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. "Process Evaluation of the Large-Scale Collaborative Project Awards(Glue Grants) of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)" (PDF). nigms.nih.gov. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
  3. "James Paulson chosen as TSRI's acting leader". sandiegouniontribune.com.
  4. "Scripps Research Institute Announces Interim Leadership". Scripps.edu. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  5. "ResearchDepartments". The Scripps Research Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. "James C Paulson (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla) on ResearchGate - Expertise: Immunology, Cell Biology, Chemical Biology". Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  7. "Paulson Laboratory, Chemical Biology". The Scripps Research Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. "Nanoparticle drug stops cancer's spread in mice". sciencemag.org.
  9. "Preferential Recognition of Avian-Like Receptors in Human Influenza A H7N9 Viruses". sciencemag.org.
  10. Wesener, Darryl A.; Wangkanont, Kittikhun; McBride, Ryan; Song, Xuezheng; Kraft, Matthew B.; Hodges, Heather L.; Zarling, Lucas C.; Splain, Rebecca A.; Smith, David F.; Cummings, Richard D.; Paulson, James C.; Forest, Katrina T.; Kiessling, Laura L. (2015). "Recognition of microbial glycans by human intelectin-1". Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 22 (8): 603–610. doi:10.1038/nsmb.3053. PMC 4526365. PMID 26148048.
  11. "ACS Awards". scripps.edu.
  12. "Karl Meyer Award 2009 Recipient". Society for Glycobiology. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  13. "James Paulson CV". Scripps.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  14. "Faculty Page". Scripps.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  15. "James Paulson CV". Scripps.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  16. "Glycobiology". oxfordjournals.org.
  17. "ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry". acs.org.
  18. "Scientific Advisory Board". Alberta Glycomics Centre. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  19. "Faculty Page". Scripps.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
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