Fred Cohen
Internal Medicine
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History
Research
Conversion of alpha-helices into beta-sheets features in the formation of the scrapie prion proteins
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1993 · 1,896 citations
Eight prion strains have PrP(Sc) molecules with different conformations
Nature Medicine · 1998 · 1,025 citations
An evolutionary trace method defines binding surfaces common to protein families
Journal of Molecular Biology · 1996 · Last of 3 authors · 955 citations
88 papers
21 papers
- JM
10 papers
- SS
7 papers
3 papers
3 papers
- AF
2 papers
2 papers
Grants
- 1993–2010
Molecular Pathogenesis of Age-Dependent CNS Regeneration
National Institute on Aging · P01
Project lead · $2.4M · University of California, San Francisco
- 1997–2008
Degenerative and Dementing Diseases of Aging
National Institute on Aging · P01
Project lead · $2.3M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2002–2008
Novel Therapeutics for Prion Diseases
National Institute on Aging · P01
Project lead · $790.2K · University of California, San Francisco
- 2004–2006
Bio-Organic Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Resource
National Center for Research Resources · P41
Project lead · $54 · University of California, San Francisco