Steven M. Block
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Honors & Awards
Title
Organization
Date(s)
Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics
American Physical Society
2008
Outstanding Investigator Award in Single Molecule Biophysics
Biophysical Society
2008
Member
National Academy of Sciences
2007
Research Excellence Award
U. Penn Nano/Bio Interface Center
2007
S.W. Ascherman Chair of Sciences
Stanford University
2006
9 honors and awards: view full list
Professional Education
Degree
Awarding Institution
Field of Study
Year of Graduation
PhD
California Inst. of Technology
Biology
1983
MA
Univ. Colorado
Biology
1982
MA
Oxford University, UK
Physics
1978
BA
Oxford University, UK
Physics
1974
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Research/Lab website:
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Research Interests
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Publications
- Greenleaf WJ, Frieda KL, Foster DA, Woodside MT, Block SM "Direct Observation of Hierarchical Folding in Single Riboswitch Aptamers." Science 2008; More »
- Valentine MT, Fordyce PM, Krzysiak TC, Gilbert SP, Block SM "Individual dimers of the mitotic kinesin motor Eg5 step processively and support substantial loads in vitro." Nat Cell Biol 2006; More »
- Herbert KM, La Porta A, Wong BJ, Mooney RA, Neuman KC, Landick R, Block SM "Sequence-resolved detection of pausing by single RNA polymerase molecules." Cell 2006; 125: 6: 1083-94 More »
- Guydosh NR, Block SM "Backsteps induced by nucleotide analogs suggest the front head of kinesin is gated by strain." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103: 21: 8054-9 More »
- Greenleaf WJ, Block SM "Single-molecule, motion-based DNA sequencing using RNA polymerase." Science 2006; 313: 5788: 801 More »
80 publications: view full list