Dr. Robert S. Molday
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2001
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Department
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Opthalmology
Keywords
Biochemistry, vision, retinal degeneratiive diseases, molecular biology, cell biology
Robert Molday is an outstanding scientist and recognized international leader in research into vision and diseases leading to blindness. His contributions include the development of monoclonal antibodies to rhodopsin and other components of cells of the retina; the pioneering characterization of photoreceptor membrane proteins by biochemical and molecular biological methods; and the identification of genes and proteins responsible for human blindness.