Yuh Min Chook

1994 PhD Graduate in Biophysics
Professor and Mabel & Alfred Gilman Chair in Molecular Pharmacology, Dept. of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern
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Dissertation Title: Crystal Structures of the Monofunctional Chorismate Mutase from Bacillus subtilis and Its Complexes With a Transition State Analog and Prephenate

PhD Dissertation Advisor: Dr. William N. Lipscomb, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University

  •  Activities Post-PhD

1994-1996  Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto/Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

1996-2001  Postdoctoral Associate, Rockefeller University, New York

 

  • Past and Current Positions

2001- 2008      Assistant Professor and Eugene McDermott Scholar in Biomedical Research, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

2008- 2013      Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern

2013-present   Professor, Depts. of Pharmacology and Biophysics, UT Southwestern

2018-present   Professor and Mabel and Alfred Gilman Chair in Molecular Pharmacology, Dept. of Pharmacology, UT Southwestern