Lei Choi
CMC Health System Faculty Site Directors · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Credentials: · · · · ·
History
- Present
Clinical Preceptorships · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
1992–1996
Research
Expanding the genetic code of Escherichia coli
Science · 2001 · First of 4 authors · 1,145 citations
Addition of a photocrosslinking amino acid to the genetic code of Escherichiacoli
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2002 · 598 citations
Addition of p-azido-L-phenylalanine to the genetic code of Escherichia coli
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 585 citations
- DJ
2 papers
- JJ
2 papers
2 papers
2 papers
2 papers
- AG
1 paper
1 paper
1 paper
Grants
- 2026–2031
Bioengineering of Covalent Proteins for Nuclear Medicine Applications
National Cancer Institute · R01
PI · $640.5K · University of California, San Francisco
- 2016–2030
Adding New Covalent Bonds to Proteins in Live Cells
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · R01
Contact PI · $3M · University of California, San Francisco
- 2026–2030
Computational and Experimental Approaches to Decode Domain-Specific Protein-RNA Interactions
National Human Genome Research Institute · R01
PI · $3.2M · Columbia University Health Sciences
- 2021–2026
Covalent Protein Binders for Cancer Research and Therapy
National Cancer Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2M · University of California, San Francisco