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Astar Winoto, Ph.D.
Professor of Immunology & Pathogenesis,   
     Department of Molecular & Cell Biology
Williams Endowed Chair of Biological Sciences

Email: winoto@berkeley.edu
Lab Phone:  (510) 643-5830

Winoto Lab
University of California, Berkeley
142 Life Sciences Addition # 3200
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200

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Education

1981 -  BA Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley

1986 - Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D Thesis (with Leroy Hood): Major Histocompatibility Complex Gene Mapping and T Cell Receptor Gene Organization and Repertoire 

1986 to 1990 -  Postdoc (with David Baltimore) - Whitehead Institute at Massachusetts Institute of 
                        Technology (MIT)

Professional Experience

1990 - Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley  

1996 - Associate Professor, UC Berkeley

1999 to Present -  Professor, UC Berkeley

2003 to 2010 -  Head, Immunology & Pathogenesis Division, University of California, Berkeley

2004 to 2013 - Director of Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Honors & Awards

1997 to 2000 - AY NIH Study Section Member

1994 - NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow Award

1991 - Searle Scholar Junior Faculty Award

1990 - Cancer Research Institute Junior Faculty Award

1989 - Leukemia Society of America Special Fellow

1986 - Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellowship

1981 - Departmental Citation, UC Berkeley Molecular Biology Department
1981 - Phi Beta Kappa