Hao Wu (biochemist)

The native form of this personal name is Wu Hao. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Hao Wu
NationalityChinese American
Occupations
  • Biochemist
  • crystallographer
  • professor
TitleAsa and Patricia Springer Professor of Structural Biology
Academic background
Education
Academic work
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School

Hao Wu (Chinese: 吴皓; pinyin: Wú Hào) is a Chinese American biochemist and crystallographer and the Asa and Patricia Springer Professor of Structural Biology in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.[1] Her work focuses on molecular mechanisms of signal transduction in cell death and inflammation. She is the discoverer of signalosomes, which are large macromolecular complexes involved in cell death and in innate and adaptive immune pathways. She has established a new paradigm for signal transduction that involves higher-order protein assemblies.[2] She has received the Pew Scholar Award, the Rita Allen Scholar Award, the Margaret Dayhoff Memorial Award, the NYC Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, NIH MERIT and Pioneer Awards, and the Purdue University Distinguished Science Alumni Award. She was elected AAAS fellow in 2013, to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015,[3] and to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.[4]

  1. ^ "Wu Lab: Home". wulab.tch.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  2. ^ Wu, Hao (2013-04-11). "Higher-Order Assemblies in a New Paradigm of Signal Transduction". Cell. 153 (2): 287–292. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.03.013. ISSN 0092-8674. PMC 3687143. PMID 23582320.
  3. ^ "Harvard faculty elected to NAS". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  4. ^ "Dr. Hao Wu". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved November 12, 2024.