Michael C. Pirrung Ph.D.

Michael C. Pirrung, Ph.D.
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Michael Pirrung is an organic chemist with research in the areas of chemical biology, synthesis, and nucleic acids. He trained in the labs of Clayton Heathcock at UC-Berkeley and Gilbert Stork at Columbia. He is a pioneer in the field of microarrays, which have important biological applications in genomics. Recent interests have included combinatorial chemistry, focused on solid-phase synthesis and natural products, and biological assays using novel optical methods.

Michael C. Pirrung, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Member, Program in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology
Member, Stem Cell Center
Member, Center for Plant Cell Biology

University of California, Riverside

Founder and Director, Biotechnology for Business

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University of California
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