Dr. Drummond is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Human Genetics. His group studies how cells respond to stress at the molecular level, focusing on formation and dissolution of large assemblies of proteins and RNA during and after stresses such as heat shock. Drummond's lab uses a wide range of techniques, including in vivo imaging, in vitro reconstitution and mechanistic biochemistry, quantitative proteomics, and molecular evolutionary analyses. Because many features of stress-triggered assembly processes are shared across eukaryotes, including humans, the group employs budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a model organism.
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
- Systems biology
2011
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Ph.D. - Computation and neural systems
2006
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
B.S.E. - Mechanical and aerospace engineering
1995
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Transcriptome-wide mRNP condensation precedes stress granule formation and excludes new mRNAs.
Transcriptome-wide mRNP condensation precedes stress granule formation and excludes new mRNAs. Mol Cell. 2025 Dec 04; 85(23):4393-4409.e11.
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Reviews of Religion, Spirituality and Health.
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Students, Mental Health, Cancer and Palliative Care.
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Nurses, Chaplains, Clergy and Measurement Scales.
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Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
Pew Charitable Trusts
2012 - 2016
Sloan Research Fellow
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2012 - 2014
Bauer Fellow
Harvard University
2006 - 2011