Joel Buxbaum

JAD profile

Affiliation(s): 

The Scripps Research Insitute; The Scintillon Institute

Areas of Interest: 

Amyloidosis, transthyretin, Neuronal stress

Biography & Research: 

M.D. Tufts University School of Medicine, Professor Medicine, NYU School of Medicine 1980-1999. Professor Molecular and Experimental Medicine The Scripps Research Institute 1999 to present. Member American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, Dart Biotechnology Awardee NYU School of Medicine 2013. Major research interests the systemic amyloidosis particularly AL and ATTR and animal models thereof. The role of transthyretin as a neuronal stress protein and protein-protein interactions as a mechanism of functional chaperoning.