Richard D. Wood
- January 4, 2024
- Biologist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Richard D. Wood |
| Occupation | Biologist |
| Date Of Birth | Jun 3, 1955(1955-06-03) |
| Age | 69 |
| Birthplace | Colorado |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Richard D. Wood Biography
| Name | Richard D. Wood |
| Birthday | Jun 3 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Colorado |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Richard D. Wood is one of the most popular and richest Biologist who was born on June 3, 1955 in Colorado, United States. A molecular biologist who specialized in DNA repair and mutation. He is also well-known for his pioneering research on nucleotide excision and his work at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.
He shared a room with pianist Geoff Stringling at Westminster College.
Wood received his B.S. degree in Biology from Westminster College, Salt Lake City Utah (1977), his Ph.D. degree in Biophysics at the University of California, Berkeley (1981), and was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University from 1982 to 1985. He currently holds the Grady F. Saunders Distinguished Professorship in Molecular Biology in the Department of Carcinogenesis at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Science Park Research Division) in Smithville, Texas[]. He is a jazz bassist (he was a college roommate of the Hollywood composer and orchestrator Geoff Stradling) and plays in local bands and together with his wife Enid Wood, a violinist and artist [1].
The NER DNA repair pathway is a complex mechanism that cells use to repair DNA damage caused by ultraviolet sun exposure. The pathway is essential to life, and children born with mutations in genes coding for NER proteins develop xeroderma pigmentosum or XP. XP patients cannot repair DNA mutations, particularly pyrimidine dimers, caused by UV and must be continuously protected from sunlight to prevent fatal skin scarring and cancers. By the 1980s, scientists (notably Aziz Sancar) had uncovered how NER works in bacteria but this pathway remained poorly understood in mammalian cells.
Enid, his wife, is a violinist and teacher.
Richard D. Wood Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Biologist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Richard D. Wood is one of the richest Biologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard D. Wood 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Before he received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977, he attended Westminster College.
He is a jazz bassist and plays with local bands.
Richard D. Wood (born June 3, 1955 in Boulder, Colorado) is an American molecular biologist specializing in research on DNA repair and mutation. He is known for pioneering studies on nucleotide excision repair (NER), particularly for reconstituting the minimum set of proteins involved in this process, identifying proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) as part of the NER complex and identifying mammalian repair polymerases.
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