Michael Levitt

Also known as M. Levitt, M Levitt, Levitt, Levitt M, Levitt M.

biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

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Michael Levitt is a biophysicist and professor of structural biology who studies the three-dimensional shapes and structures of biological molecules like proteins. His work matters because understanding how these molecules are structured helps scientists develop new medicines and better comprehend how living systems function at the molecular level.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 19

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Conformaiton analysis of proteins
Herding Tigers
Masked Ball
Burnout Proof
369 Days

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1931-02-03

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Listeners: 8
Total plays: 11

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5 total works indexed

Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 85,656x
Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,871x
Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,968x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,733x
Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,036x

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Official website: csb.stanford.edu/levitt
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date of birth: 1947-05-09
Commons category: Michael Levitt
name in native language: Michael Levitt
social media followers: 115606

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Michael Levitt, FRS (Hebrew: מיכאל לויט; born 9 May 1947) is a South African-born biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1987. Levitt received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, together with Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel, for "the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems". In 2018, Levitt was a founding co-editor of the Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science.

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