Dr. Lawrence Shapiro is Associate Professor in the the Department of
Biochemistry at Columbia University and is Jules and Doris Stein
Professor of Research to Prevent Blindness in Columbia's Edward S.
Harkness Eye Institute. The focus of Dr. Shapiro's research is on the
structural biology and protein biochemistry of (1) proteins that mediate
intercellular adhesion, and (2) systemic energy regulation and its
failure in obesity and type 2 diabetes. He is vice chairman of the User
Executive Committee of the National Synchrotron Light Source at
Brookhaven National Laboratory, and co-director of the New York
Structural Biology Discussion Group. Dr. Shapiro is a co-principal
investigator in the New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium
(NYSGXRC), part of the NIH Protein Structure Initiative.
He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.