Sheila David

Sheila Sue David
Alma materSt. Olaf College
University of Minnesota
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Davis
California Institute of Technology
UC Santa Cruz
University of Utah
ThesisSpectroscopic studies of inhibitor binding to uteroferrin (1989)
WebsiteDavid Lab

Sheila Sue David is an American chemist who is a professor at the University of California, Davis. Her research uses chemical approaches to understand cellular mechanisms, including DNA repair. She focuses on the repair of damaged DNA bases, which is mediated by base excision repair. The research that she focuses on uses specific DNA glycosylases in order to search meticulously through the normal DNA to find potential mutagenic base modifications. She is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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