About Michael F. Summers
Michael F. Summers was an American researcher and biochemist.
Michael Finley Summers is the Robert E. Meyerhoff Chair for Excellence in Research and Mentoring and a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Molecular Biology. Since 1994, he has been a HHMI Investigator as well as a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2016. Since 1987, he has been a UMBC Faculty member.
His career has focused on using structural approaches to studying protein, RNA, and macromolecular interactions with HIV-1 genome packaging and virus assembly. He is also involved with adapting the Meyerhoff Scholars program at other schools with HHMI such as Penn State and UNC.
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