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Nikola P. Pavletich, PhD

Nikola P. Pavletich, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York

Class of 2022

Scientific Areas of Expertise: Cell Cycle Regulation, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology

For pioneering the structural analysis of cancer-related proteins and pathways that has led to fundamental discoveries in the areas of cell cycle regulation and DNA-damage response, including his groundbreaking work on the crystal structure of the critically important P53 tumor suppressor protein bound to both DNA and the MDM2 oncoprotein.