David E. Cane | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | Harvard University (B. A., 1966) (M. A., 1967) (Ph.D., 1971) |
Known for | Natural product biosynthesis |
Awards | Alfred Bader Award of the American Chemical Society; Repligen Corporation Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes, American Chemical Society; Prelog Medal of the Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, Zürich; Kitasato Medal in Microbial Chemistry; Ernest Guenther Award of the American Chemical Society, |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biochemistry Chemical Biology |
Institutions | Brown University |
Doctoral advisor | E. J. Corey |
David E. Cane (born September 22, 1944) is an American biological chemist. He is Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry Emeritus and professor of molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He is recognized for his work on the biosynthesis of natural products, particularly terpenoids and polyketides.[1] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003 [2] and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.