Lynne Regan

Lynne Regan
Lynne Regan at the Biophysical Society meeting, February 2013
Residence	United States
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Institutions	Yale University
Alma mater	Oxford University
Thesis	(1987)
Doctoral advisor	Paul Schimmel
Notable awards	Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award (1995/6) Guggenheim Fellow (2005)
Website www.yale.edu/reganlab/

Lynne Regan is a professor of chemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. She is the president of the Protein Society for the 2013–2014 term and has earned many awards throughout her career. Her research mainly concerns interactions between proteins and nucleic acids.

Education

Regan earned her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Oxford University in 1981. She was awarded the Gibbs prize for the top first class honor of her year and obtained a distinction in Clinical Pharmacology.^[1][2] She went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under Paul Schimmel with a Fulbright Scholarship, and earned her Ph.D. there in 1987.^[2][3]

Career and research

Regan began her career as a professor with an assistant position in Yale's Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry in 2000; she became a full professor in 1998. In 2000, she became a professor in the Department of Chemistry.^[2] The National Institute of Health awarded her a 2-year Shannon Grant in 1992 for work on small model proteins.^[2][4] From 1992 to 1997, Regan was also a National Young Investigator for the National Science Foundation; she used the E. coli protein Rop to research interactions between alpha helices as well as RNA recognition of the protein and its connecting loops.^[5][6] Her studies of newly synthesized anti-cancer compounds led to a one-year Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005.^[7] In 2008, she became the first director of Yale's Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences.^[8][9]

Honors

The Biophysical Society awarded Regan the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award for 1995–1996, an award established in 1984 and given to women early in their careers who have made significant contributions to biophysics.^[10] In 2009, Regan was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.^[11] Regan was elected the president of the Protein Society for the 2013–2014 term.^[12]

References

1. Protein engineering and design: from first principles to newtechnologies. Editorial overview. http://www.yale.edu/reganlab/pdfs/clarke2010.pdf
2. Regan, Lynne. "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 4 February 2013.
3. "Regan Lab". Regan Lab, Yale University. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
4. "Structure and Function of Small Model Proteins". Research Grant Database. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
5. Clarke, Jane; Regan, Lynne (2010). "Protein engineering and design: from first principles to new technologies" (PDF). Current Opinion in Structural Biology 20: 480–481. doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2010.07.001. PMID 20708403. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
6. "NSF Young Investigator". enGrant Scientific. 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
7. "Five faculty members awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for research". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. Yale University. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
8. "Sackler Institute Symposium Celebrates Interdisciplinary Scientific Endeavors" Sackler Institute
9. Muzzin, Suzanne Taylor (6 November 2008). "Yale Launches New Integrated Ph.D. Program in Physical and Engineering Biology". Yale University. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
10. "Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award". Biophysical Society. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
11. Muzzin, Suzanne Taylor (16 April 2009). "Yale Faculty Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering". Yale University. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
12. "Governance: Governing Members of the Protein Society". Protein Society. 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.