Wendell Lim Phd

Biography

Wendell Lim is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California San Francisco and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received his A.B. in Chemistry, summa cum laude from Harvard College, his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and completed his postdoctoral training at Yale University. His research focuses on the design principles of molecular circuits that govern cell decision-making and responses. His lab has made contributions in understanding the molecular machinery of cell signaling and how molecular modules have been used in evolution to build novel new behaviors. Most recently he has been a pioneer in the field of synthetic biology, exploring how these design principles can be harnessed to engineer cells with customized therapeutic response programs.

Research Interest

 Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology