John M. Pawelek, PhD

Research Affiliate in Dermatology

Curriculum Vitae

Clinical Interests

 

Research Interests

John Pawelek, PhD is a long-time member of the research faculty in the Department of Dermatology, Yale School of Medicine. His research interests focus on the role of cell fusion, aberrant glycosylation and autophagy as mechanisms of melanoma metastasis. He has authored nearly 200 peer-reviewed papers in the areas of skin pigmentation and melanoma and is past president of the Pan American Society for Pigment Cell Research. He has published seminal works on melanocortin-1 receptors, melanocortin action and UV light, and the enzymology of melanogenesis--including discovery of the melanogenesis enzyme dopachrome tautomerase. He has won several awards for this work, including the PASPCR Career Achievement Award, the IFPCS inaugural award of the Henry Stanley Raper Medal, and the JSPCR award of the Takeuchi Medal. He frequently lectures at scientific conferences in the US and abroad.

Laboratory Research

 

Education:	BA, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 1963 PhD, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1968
Training:	Post-doctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Yale University, 1968-1970

 

Contact

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