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Professor
UCSF
San Francisco, California, United States
Dr. Joseph DeRisi is Co-President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub and a Professor in the
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF. He employs an interdisciplinary approach
combining genomics, bioinformatics, biochemistry, and bioengineering to study parasitic and viral
infectious diseases in a wide range of organisms, for the purpose of discovering and studying novel or
unrecognized biothreats. Early work in his lab contributed to the identification of the SARS coronavirus
in 2003. In a parallel effort, Dr. DeRisi studies P. falciparum, the causative agent of the most deadly
form of human malaria, in order to develop faster, better therapeutic options. Dr. DeRisi was one of
the early pioneers of DNA microarray technology and whole genome expression profiling and is
nationally recognized for his efforts to make this technology accessible and freely available.
He received a B.A. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1992) from the University of California,
Santa Cruz, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (1999) from Stanford University prior to joining the UCSF
faculty as a Sandler Fellow in 1999. Dr. DeRisi was a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator from 2006-
2016, which he left to take on the role of Co-President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, a non-profit
medical research organization affiliated with UCSF, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University. Dr. DeRisi is a
member of the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Medicine, and the National
Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. DeRisi is continuing to pursue efforts toward data-driven diagnostics
for infectious disease, and recently, autoimmune disorders.
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
5:30 PM – 6:15 PM PT
