Pamela Bjorkman
Pamela J. Björkman | |
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| Born | Pamela Jane Bjorkman 1956 |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon (B.A., 1978) Harvard University (Ph.D, 1984) |
| Spouse | Kai Zinn |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Biological Engineering Microbiology Immunology |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology UCLA Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| Academic advisors | Don Wiley |
Pamela Jane Bjorkman NAS, AAAS (also spelled Pamela J. Björkman; born 1956, Portland, Oregon) is an American biochemist and molecular biologist. She is the David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Her research centers on the study of the three-dimensional structures of proteins related to Class I MHC, or Major Histocompatibility Complex, proteins of the immune system, and proteins involved in the immune responses to viruses. Bjorkman's goal is to improve current therapeutic applications. Bjorkman is most well known as a pioneer in the field of structural biology.