Michael B. Yaffe

Michael B. Yaffe is the Chief Scientific Editor (Editor in Chief) of the peer reviewed science journal Science Signaling published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[1] He is currently a Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an attending trauma surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and a Colonel in the Army Reserves.[2] In 2016, the United States Army awarded him the Bronze Star Medal for his services as a trauma surgeon on active duty in Afghanistan.[3] He also treated many of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.[4] He received his Ph.D. in 1987 and his M.D. in 1989 from the Case Western Reserve University.[5]

Research

The main focus of Yaffe's research is decoding natural cell signaling pathway behavior using bioinformatics, combinatorial chemistry, cell biology, physical biochemistry, structural biology and molecular genetics.[6] The stated goal of his team's research is to "understand how signaling pathways are integrated at the molecular and systems level to control cellular responses."[7]

Career

Besides his professorship at MIT, Yaffe is also attending surgeon at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. He is also a founder of Consensus Pharmaceuticals and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals. He also co-founded The DNA Repair Company in 2004 and serves as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board at the company. He also serves as Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Inc [5]

He currently has a number of highly cited articles. Two of Yaffe's papers have over 850 citations, and several others have over 400 citations.[8]

References

1. "Editorial Board". Science Signaling (AAAS). Retrieved 2012-08-27.
2. "Military Trauma Care Skills Proved Beneficial to Boston Doctor". The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. 2013-05-07. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
3. "DR. YAFFE RECEIVES BRONZE STAR". Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
4. "Doctors Saved Lives, if Not Legs, in Boston". New York Times. 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
5. "Faculty biography". The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
6. "People". biography of Dr. Yaffe. Department of Biological Engineering. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
7. "Faculty and areas of research". biography. MIT Department of Biology. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
8. "Search for 'MB Yaffe'". Google scholar. Retrieved 2012-08-27.