New Tools for Proteostasis Research
About Us
The Proteostasis Consortium is a group of investigators who have worked together on proteostasis in biology, health, and diseases. Together, we have contributed fundamental insights on biochemical mechanisms of protein quality control, on cellular and organismal processes, the effects of healthy and unhealthy aging, disease mechanisms, and the development of therapeutic approaches to suppress or delay diseases of protein conformation.
Members of the Proteostasis Consortium include Steve Finkbeiner at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California San Francisco, Dan Finley at Harvard Medical School, Judith Frydman at Stanford University, Jason Gestwicki at the University of California San Francisco, Jeff Kelly at The Scripps Research Institute, Richard I. Morimoto at Northwestern University, Evan Powers at The Scripps Research Institute, and Miguel Prado at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitari del Principado de Asturia.
We are funded by many sources including the NIH, the Hevolution Foundation, Altos Labs, and The Rainwater Charitable Foundation.




Team of Scientists

Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Systems and
Therapeutics & Taube/Koret Center
for Neurodegenerative Disease,
Gladstone Institutes
Professor, Departments of
Neurology and Physiology,
University of California, San Francisco

Daniel Finley, PhD
Professor of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School

Judith Frydman, PhD
Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences
Professor of Genetics and Biology
Stanford University

Jason Gestwicki, PhD
Associate Director of Academic Affairs
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

Jeffery Kelly, PhD
Lita Annenberg Hazen Professor of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute

Richard I. Morimoto, PhD
Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology
Director, Rice Institute for
Biomedical Research
Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

Evan Powers, PhD
Institute Investigator
Department of Chemistry
California Campus
Scripps Research

Miguel Prado, PhD
Institute Investigator
Proteomics and Proteostasis group
Asturias, Spain
Health Research Institute of Asturias (ISPA)
Announcements
2025 Proteostasis Consortium Seminar Series Schedule
Date | Speaker | Institution | Seminar Title |
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January 29, 2025 | Andrew Truman | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Understanding the reciprocal interplay between the Hsp70 chaperone code and proteostasis |
February 26, 2025 | Christina Woo | Harvard University | Investigation of protein damage modifications |
PROTEOSTASIS CONSORTIUM WEEKLY SEMINAR SERIES (VIA ZOOM)
VIEW FULL SCHEDULE UNDER SEMINARS
RECORDINGS WILL BE POSTED 3 WEEKS AFTER LIVE SEMINAR DATE UNDER SEMINARS
Contact: Rebecca (rebecca.phend@northwestern.edu)
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