Pamela Bjorkman
Pamela Jane Bjorkman NAS,
AAAS (also spelled
Pamela J. Björkman; born 1956,
Portland, Oregon) is an American biochemist and molecular biologist. She is the David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Her research centers on the study of the three-dimensional structures of proteins related to
Class I MHC, or Major Histocompatibility Complex, proteins of the immune system, and proteins involved in the immune responses to viruses. Bjorkman's goal is to improve current therapeutic applications. Bjorkman is most well known as a pioneer in the field of
structural biology.
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