Distinguished Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Wes Sundquist is Samuels Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Utah. He received a BA degree in Chemistry from Carleton College, a PhD in Chemistry from MIT, and then did postdoctoral research with Sir Aaron Klug at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. His research interests stem from the lab’s work on HIV assembly and replication, and include the biochemistry and cell biology of the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) pathway, and the structure, functions, and inhibition of the HIV capsid. He is a recipient of the 2024 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biochemistry (with Emr), the 2025 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (with Cihlar and Link), the 2025 Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award (with Das and Raphael), and the University of Utah Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence (2017). He has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011) and the National Academy of Sciences (2014). Wes and his wife Nola have two adult children, Chris and Emily.
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Structural Studies of ESCRT-III Filaments
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM MT