Kossiakoff, Anthony A., Ligand-induced receptor activation, antibody engineering and drug delivery. Current Pos: Otho S.A. Sprague Distinguished Service Professor, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB). Personal Data: b. Cumberland, MD, 5/4/45. Educ: Davis and Elkins College, BS, 1968, Ph.D. University of Delaware (Phys. Chem.), 1972. Honors & Awards: Hon. Doctor of Sci, honoris causa. 11; Commencement addr. Davis and Elkins Col., ‘11; Alumni Hall of Fame (U of Delaware), ‘03; Fellow AAAS, ‘12; Editor, Cur. Opin. Biotech., ‘93; Ed. Boards: Proteins:Struc.Func. Gen. ‘92-02, Structure, ‘94-pres.; Protein Society, Councilor ‘98-03; Kohn Com. Neutron Sources, ‘93-95; Ex. Com. Struc. Bio. Cent. ‘92-08; Advisory Boards:  NIH Sync. Science ‘99-02; Stanford Linear Accelerator Comm. DOE ‘98-03, NIGMS. Struc. Genom. ‘01-03; NIGMS beamline APS ‘01- pres.; Chair APS/DOE Macromolecular Crys. ‘08; Chicago Biomed. Consortium ‘06- pres.; Toronto Recom. Antibody Consortium ‘11- pres.; Ex. Comm. NIH Protein Capture Initiative ‘12-15; Conference Organizer: Proteins Gordon Conf. ‘90; West Coast Crys. Conf. ‘93; ACA Neutron Crys. ‘95; Protein Soc. Symp. ‘96;  Prof Exp:  Univ. Chicago: Otho S.A. Sprague Dist. Service. Prof. BMB ‘98- pres; Prof. Inst. Biophys. Dynamics, ‘98- pres.; Sen. Fellow, Inst. Genomics & Sys. Biol. ‘07- pres.; Chair BMB, ‘98-13; Dir. Inst. Biophy. Dynamics, ‘98-03; Genentech: Dir. of Protein Eng. ‘86-98; Dir. of Biocat. ‘83-86; Staff Sci. ‘92-98; UCSF: Adj. Ass. Prof. ‘83-98; Biophys. Faculty, ‘90-98; Brookhaven Nat. Lab, Assist, Assoc. & Senior Biophysicist ‘76-83; NIH Postdoc Fel, Caltech, ‘72-76. Res: struc.& func. hormone-receptor interactions, synthetic antibody technologies, protein engineering, drug delivery, phage display apps. Mailing Add: Depart. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, KCBD 900 E. 57^th St., Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637. E-mail: koss@bsd.uchicago.edu.