Thomas Leto, Ph.D.

Chief, Molecular Defenses Section

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Education:

Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Virginia 

Biography

Dr. Leto received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Virginia for studies on mechanisms of cell membrane assembly. He followed this work with postdoctoral studies at Yale University on membrane cytoskeleton interactions. Dr. Leto joined NIAID in 1988 and became a senior investigator in the Laboratory of Host Defenses in 1996.

Special Interest Groups: Cell Biology, Structural Biology, Free Radical/Oxygen Club