David Thomas (Canadian scientist)
David Thomas | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | PhD, 1970, University College London |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | McGill University |
David Y. Thomas is a Canadian biochemist. He is Chair of Biochemistry at McGill University. His research interests include cell signaling pathways and their role in infectious diseases and molecular chaperone systems in the endoplasmic reticulum.[1]
Career
Thomas completed his PhD in 1970 at University College London.[1] In the 1990s, Thomas and John J. M. Bergeron discovered calnexin, an integral protein of the endoplasmic reticulum.[2][3] In 1998, Thomas was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[4]
In 2015, Thomas was renewed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Molecular Genetics.[5]
References
- ^ a b "David Y. Thomas". McGill University. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ Ou, Wei-Jia; Cameron, Pamela H.; Thomas, David; Bergeron, John J. M. (August 26, 1993). "Association of folding intermediates of glycoproteins with calnexin during protein maturation". Nature. 364 (6440): 771–776. Bibcode:1993Natur.364..771O. doi:10.1038/364771a0. PMID 8102790. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ "Two McGill professors recognized by Royal Society of Canada". McGill University. May 21, 2004. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ "David Thomas". McGill University. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ "April 2015 Recipients List". Government of Canada. April 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2025.