Ralph Bradshaw

Dr. Bradshaw’s research has focused on the structure and function of proteins, with particular attention to polypeptide growth factors and their receptors. These latter studies included the relationship of structure to the mechanism of action of several of these entities, such as nerve growth factor, fibroblast growth factor, and epidermal growth factor. He has authored/co-authored nearly 400 scientific articles and edited over a dozen and half books. He has served as president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) (1995-96), treasurer of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1991-97) and was the founding president of the Protein Society (1986-87). He has also been Editor-in-Chief/Associate Editor of several journals (TIBS, Protein Science, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry) and in 2000, he founded Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, serving as the Editor until 2013. He has founded three biotechnology companies (Cortex, EB Technologies, and Cavtherx) in addition to Trefoil Therapeutics. He has served on the faculties of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (1969-82) and the University of California, Irvine (1982-2006) and San Francisco (2006-2015) campuses of the University of California. From 1982 to 1993, he was chair of the Dept. of Biological Chemistry at UCI. He holds degrees from Colby College (1962) and Duke University (1966).