Member Biography

Ronald Wek, Ph.D.
635 Barnhill Drive
MS 4067A
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: (317) 274-0549
Research Program Membership
Full member:
Showalter Professor of Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IU School of Medicine
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
IU School of Medicine
Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics
Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics
IU School of Medicine
Dr. Wek's research interests include:
The mechanisms regulating a family of eIF-2 protein kinases and the physiological advantages this altered pattern of gene expression provides for stressed cells.

Post-doctoral Fellowship - National Institue of Health, Bethesda, MD 1987-1992
Ph.D. - University of California, Irvine, CA 1987