Tania A. Baker
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Tania A. Baker is an American biochemist who is a Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and formally the head of the Department of Biology.[1] She earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Wisconsin–Madison and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Stanford University under the guidance of Arthur Kornberg. She joined the MIT faculty in 1992 and her research is focused on the mechanisms and regulation of DNA transposition and protein chaperones.[2] She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator since 1994.[1][2]
Tania A. Baker | |
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Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.S., 1983) Stanford University (Ph.D., 1988) |
Known for | Clp/HSP1000 ATPases |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisor | Arthur Kornberg |