Thomas E. Dever, Ph.D.

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Tom Dever received his B.S. in Chemistry from Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania in 1984. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1990 from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio where he initiated his studies on eukaryotic translation in the laboratory of Bill Merrick. He studied as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Alan Hinnebusch in the NICHD from 1990 to 1994. Since 1994 he has headed the Section on Protein Biosynthesis. He is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) and the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM).

Contact Information

Thomas E. Dever, Ph.D.
Section on Protein Biosynthesis
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Building 6, Room 228
6 Center Dr
Bethesda, MD 20892

Phone: 301-496-4519
Fax: 301-496-8576
E-mail: thomas.dever@nih.gov