Prof. Jeffrey N Savas is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University. He completed his PhD studies at the New York University in 2009. He completed his postdoctoral training at Scripps Research Institute in 2015. His research interests are centered on elucidating the pathogenic mechanisms that drive synaptopathies and proteinopathies in the mammalian nervous system. He has also received several awards, such as the Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Investigator Award (2016), Chicago Biomedical Consortium Catalyst Award (2016), NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2016), etc.
Prof. John R Yates III received his Bachelor’s degree in Zoology and his Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Maine in 1980 and 1983, respectively. He completed his PhD studies at the University of Virginia in 1987. He is currently affiliated with the Department of Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology at the Scripps Research Institute. His work is focused on developing tools and in proteomics. He is best known for the development of the SEQUEST algorithm for automated peptide sequencing Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology (MudPIT) and data-independent acquisition (DIA).
