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Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952 New York City, NY), is an American chemist. She worked as a professor of chemistry at Hunter College (1980–82), and at Columbia University (1983–89) before joining the California Institute of Technology.
Jacqueline K. Barton. John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry, Emerita. Profile. Publications. Research Summary. Metal-nucleic acid chemistry. Profile. Assistant: Sadie Rubalcava. In the Barton group, we have examined the chemical and physical properties of DNA and the biological implications of those properties.
Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton is the John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor Emirita in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. She is a native New Yorker.
Jacqueline Barton probes DNA by shooting electrons through it. Using custom-built molecules to direct these electrical currents, she can locate genes, see how they are arranged, and scan them for damage.
Sep 27, 2011 · Jacqueline Barton, a leader in studies of the chemistry of DNA, received the National Medal of Science in 2011 for her discovery of long-range electron transfer in DNA and its implications for DNA repair. She is the first woman at Caltech to receive the medal and a distinguished professor and chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Aug 22, 2023 · Jacqueline Barton. The Welch Foundation has announced that Jacqueline K. Barton has won the 2023 Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry for her work using “inorganic coordination complexes to target local DNA structures and to study charge transport through DNA.”
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