Samuel J. Danishefsky
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Samuel J. Danishefsky is an American chemist renowned for his pioneering work in complex natural product synthesis and contributions to medicinal chemistry.
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| instanceOf |
American chemist
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academic → chemist → organic chemist → person → university professor → |
| awardReceived |
ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
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Arthur C. Cope Award → Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry → Wolf Prize in Chemistry → |
| citizenship |
United States
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Yale University → |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center → |
| fieldOfWork |
carbohydrate chemistry
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medicinal chemistry → natural product synthesis → organic chemistry → synthetic methodology → |
| gender |
male
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| hasAcademicDegree |
PhD in chemistry
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| hasResearchInterest |
anticancer drug development
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carbohydrate-based vaccines → complex molecule synthesis → reaction design in organic chemistry → |
| influenced |
applications of synthetic chemistry to oncology
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development of modern strategies for total synthesis → |
| knownFor |
Danishefsky diene
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applications of organic synthesis to medicinal chemistry → development of new synthetic methods → pioneering work in carbohydrate-based vaccines → synthesis of anticancer agents → total synthesis of complex natural products → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences → |
| nationality |
United States
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| notableWork |
Danishefsky diene
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total synthesis of calicheamicin → total synthesis of epothilones → total synthesis of erythronolide B → total synthesis of taxol → |
| positionHeld |
director of the Laboratory for Bioorganic Chemistry at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
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professor of chemistry at Columbia University → |
| workLocation |
New York City
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ACS Award in Organic Chemistry
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Samuel J. Danishefsky
("Danishefsky diene")
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Samuel J. Danishefsky
("Danishefsky diene")
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