Daniel DiMaio, MD, PhD
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology; Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center
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Biography
The DiMaio laboratory is studying the molecular mechanisms of how human papillomaviruses enter cells, with a particular focus on identifying the cellular proteins that mediate virus entry and intracellular trafficking and determining their molecular mechanisms of action. In addition, it is using viral transmembrane proteins as a basis to develop a class of artificial small transmembrane proteins with a variety of biological activities, including the ability to form tumors and confer resistance to virus infection. Some of these proteins are the simplest proteins ever described and their study will reveal new features of protein action and the basis for specificity in protein-protein interactions.
Education & Training
- PhDJohns Hopkins University (1981)
- MDJohns Hopkins University (1978)
- BSYale University, Biology (1974)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Lifetime Achievement Award | Yale Cancer Center | 2023 |
Outstanding Investigator Award | National Cancer Institute | 2020 |
Member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering | 2014 | |
Honorary Professor | University College London | 2012 |
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science | 2003 | |
Graduate Mentoring Award in the Natural Sciences | Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | 2001 |
Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology | 2000 | |
Member, American Society for Clinical Investigation | 1993 | |
MERIT Award | National Institutes of Health | 1992 |
Mallinckrodt Scholar Award | 1983 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Yale University | Director, Division of Biological Sciences | 2014 - 2018 |
Board of Scientific Advisors, National Cancer Institute | Member | 2012 - 2017 |
American Society for Microbiology | Chairman, Division S (DNA viruses) | 1998 - 1999 |
Departments & Organizations
- Biochemistry, Quantitative Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology (BQBS)
- Center for RNA Science and Medicine
- Dean's Workshops
- Genetics
- HPV Working Group (Niccolai Lab)
- K12 Calabresi Immuno-Oncology Training Program (IOTP)
- Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Molecular Virology
- Radiobiology
- Radiobiology and Genome Integrity
- Therapeutic Radiology
- Virology Laboratories
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale CTAP
- Yale Ventures
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative