CRAIG MARTIN CREWS, Ph.D.

John C. Malone Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Pharmacology
Yale University


Education

1987-1993 Ph.D., Biochemistry, Harvard University (thesis project: Purification/cloning of MEK1)
1986-1987 DAAD Fellow, Universität Tübingen, Germany
1982-1986 B.A., Chemistry, University of Virginia

Professional Experience

2021- Founder, Siduma Therapeutics, LLC
2018- John C. Malone Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
2018- Founder,Halda Therapeutics, LLC
2013 Founder, Arvinas, Inc. (oncology-focused biotech)
2010- Lewis B. Cullman Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
2003 Co-Founder, Proteolix
2003- Executive Director, Yale Small Molecule Discovery Center
2003 PI, NIH T32 Chemistry and Biology Interface (CBI) Training Grant (T32GM067543)
2001-2007 Associate Professor → Professor, Yale University, Dept of Chemistry
1998-2007 Assistant Professor → Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology
1995-2007 Assistant Professor → Professor, Yale University, Dept of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology (tenured 2001)
1993-1995 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Harvard University

Honors and Awards

2024 Kimberly Prize in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern School of Medicine
2023 Bristol Myers Squibb Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2023 Jacob and Louise Gabbay Award in Biotechnology and Medicine, Brandeis University
2022 Connecticut Medal of Technology, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering
2021 Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h. c.), Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
2021 Scheele Prize, Swedish Pharmaceutical Society
2020 Heinrich Wieland Laureate 2020, Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation
2019 American Cancer Society Research Professorship
2019 Pharmacia-ASPET Award for Experimental Therapeutics
2018 Pierre Fabre Award for Therapeutic Innovation
2018 Khorana Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry
2017 AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research
2015 NIH R35 Outstanding Investigator Award (National Cancer Institute)
2014 UCB-Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry (Eur. Fed. of Med. Chemistry)
2006 Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

Editorial Boards

Cell Chemical Biology, ACS Chemical Biology, ChemBioChem, Molecular Biosystems, Chemistry & Biology, Molecular and Cellular Proteomics

Patents

'Enzyme Inhibition' Patent US 6,831,099 B1
'Enzyme Inhibition' Patent US 7,476,650
'Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeric Pharmaceutical' Patent US 7,041,298
'Proteolysis-Targeting Chimeric Pharmaceutical' Patent US 7,208,157
'Compounds for Enzyme Inhibition' Patent US 7,232,818
'Compounds for Enzyme Inhibition' Patent US 7,491,704
'Compounds for Enzyme Inhibition' Patent US 8,088,741
'Compounds for Enzyme Inhibition' Patent US 8,129,346

FDA Approved Drugs

Carfilzomib/Kyprolis™ (based on the YU101 structure): approved for relapsed multiple myeloma (7/20/12)

H Index (Google Scholar) : 102


Laboratory Website

http://www.yale.edu/crews

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