Elias Lolis, PhD, BA
Professor of Pharmacology; Director of Graduate Studies
Departments & Organizations
Pharmacology: Lolis Lab | Primary Faculty
Structural Biology
Yale Cancer Center: Developmental Therapeutics
Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS): DNA Dynamics and Transcriptional Regulation; Mechanobiology: from Cell-Cell Interactions to Tissue Mechanics; Membrane Biology; Virology, Infection and Immunity | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics: Computational Analysis of Macromolecular Structures | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology: Cancer Biology and Therapeutics; Receptors and Signal Transduction; Structural Biology
Office of Cooperative Research
Biography
Elias Lolis received his PhD in 1989 from MIT in Chemistry/Biochemistry studying the three-dimensional structure and mechanism of triosephosphate isomerase. He was a postdoctoral associate at the Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry at Rockefeller University studying the functional interaction between advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and the immune system. He joined the Yale faculty in 1991 as an Assistant Professor focusing on the structure, mechanism, and inhibition of chemokines, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), and their receptors. He has received a
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Faculty Development Award in Basic Pharmacology, the Donaghue Young Investigator Award, and the GlaxoWellcome Award in Drug Discovery.
Education & Training
| PhD | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biochemistry/Chemistry (1989) |
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| BA | Columbia College (1984) |
| Postdoc | Rockefeller University |
Honors & Recognition
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Drug Discovery and Development AwardGlaxoSmithKline (2002)
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Faculty Development Award in Pharmacology1993 Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (1993)
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New Investigator AwardDonaghue Foundation (1992)
Professional Service
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“External Experts Committee” to evaluate the research/education of the Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, (2012)
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NIH Biochemistry and Biophysics of Membranes Study Section (2009 - 2012)
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Co-Director, Bio-informatics Facility at Yale School of Medicine (2006 - 2007)
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The Wellcome Trust, International and Cooperative Projects Study Section (1999)
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Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (1997 - 1999)
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Founder and Director, Macromolecular X-ray Facility at Yale University School of Medicine (1996 - 2007)
Activities
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PhD reviewer Lausanne, Switzerland (2010 - 2010)
Outside reviewer of two PhDs
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Review of project program Dublin, Ireland (2006 - 2006)
Site visit reviewer for the Scientific Foundation of Ireland
