Joe Falke
Professor, Biochemistry • Associate Director, Molecular Biophysics Program
Biochemistry


Earlham College,ÌýRichmond, IN,ÌýBAÌýChemistry,1978
California Institute of TechnologyÌýPasadena, CA, PhD Chemistry, 1984
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA, PostDÌýBiochemistry,1984-1987


Harvard University, Department of Biological Chemistry
  • 1977 Research Assistant (Professor David Bing)

California Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry

  • 1979 - 1984 Doctoral Thesis Research (Professor Sunney Chan)
  • 1982 - 1984 Staff Spectroscopist, Caltech Chemical NMR Facility

University of California, Berkeley, Department of BiochemistryÌý

  • 1985-1987 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow (Professor Daniel Koshland, Jr.)
  • 1986-1987 Manager and Spectroscopist, UCB Biochemical Fluorescence Facility

University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Biochemistry

  • 1987-1994 Assistant Professor
  • 1994-1999ÌýAssociate Professor
  • 1999-Present Full Professor
  • 1999-2022ÌýDirector, NIH/CU Interdepartmental Molecular Biophysics Program
  • 2022-±Ê°ù±ð²õ±ð²Ô³ÙÌýAssociate Director, NIH/CU Interdepartmental Molecular Biophysics Program

  • 1974 - 1978 National Merit Scholar
  • 1978 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
  • 1979-1982 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
  • 1984 McKoy Award for Outstanding Caltech Ph.D. Thesis in Chemistry
  • 1985-1987 National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1996-2015ÌýMember, Board of Directors, Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction, Inc.
  • 1998-2015ÌýCo-Founder and Co-Organizer, Annual Bacterial ReceptorFest Conference
  • 1998-2001 Member, Advisory Council of the Biophysical Society
  • 1999 Chair, Calcium Signaling Symposium, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
  • 1999 Session Chair, International Symposium on Calcium Binding, Kisarazu
  • 1999 Session Chair, International Conference on Phospholipase A2, Berlin
  • 2000-2002 Executive Board of the Biophysical Society
  • 2001 Chair, Receptor Symposium, Keystone Conference on Membrane Proteins
  • 2001 Conference Chair, 2001 Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Boston
  • 2002 Symposium Chair, FASEB Meeting on Membrane Biophysics, Vermont
  • 2003 Conference Co-Chair, Keystone Meeting on Membrane Proteins, Taos
  • 2003 George A. Feigen Memorial Lecturer, Stanford University
  • 2006 Conference Co-Chair, Annual Meeting of Soc. of Gen. Physiologists
  • 2007-2008 President, Biophysical Society
  • 2010Ìý Symposium Chair, New Horizons in Calcium Signaling, Bejing Univ. PRC
  • 2010Ìý Symposium Chair, Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, San Francisco
  • 2012 Conference Chair, Receptor Fest, Univ Colorado Boulder
  • 2013-2019ÌýMember, NIH T32 Study Section TWD-B
  • 2014-2020ÌýMember, Editorial Board - Biophysical Journal
  • 2015ÌýInducted as Fellow of the Biophysical Society, Class of 2015
  • 2018 College Scholar Award, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • 2018 Invited Reviewer for Excellence Strategy, German Research Foundation
  • 2019ÌýInvited Speaker, Aspen Physics CenterÌýConference on Single Molecule Biology
  • 2020ÌýInvited Symposium Chair and Speaker, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting,ÌýSymposium on Ca2+ Signaling in Motility, San Diego
  • 2020ÌýNIH Grant Reviewer for 2 Panels:ÌýZRG1 CG-Q MIRA (July) and ZRG1 BST-J (November)
  • 2021ÌýNIH Grant Reviewer for 2 Panels:ÌýZGM1 RCB-4 (CB, July) and ZRG1 BST-J (55R, November)
  • 2022ÌýInvited Speaker, Santa Fe Conference on Membranes and Membrane Proteins: ÌýChallenges for Theory and Experiment
  • 2023ÌýInvited Speaker, Aspen Physics CenterÌýConference on Single Molecule Biology
  • 2024ÌýInvited Speaker, Santa Fe International Conference on Membrane Biophysics
  • 2024ÌýSunney I. Chan Lecturer atÌýAcademia Sinica Taiwan, National Taiwan University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Since 1995: ÌýNIH Grant Reviewer forÌý20+ÌýStudy Section Meetings: Regular Member forÌýBBM 2003-2007 andÌýTWD-B 2014-2020;ÌýAd Hoc forÌýBBCB, Phys Biochem, BBM, MIRA and Other Special Emphasis Panels
  • Since 1995: ÌýOver 150 Invited Seminars and Conference Presentations including: California Institute of Technology, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Harvard University, Univ. Chicago, Cornell Univ., Univ. Pennsylvania, Univ. Illinois, UC Irvine, Univ. Utah, National Institutes of Health, Cambridge Univ., Oxford Univ., Babraham Inst., Univ. Stockholm, Carlesburg Laboratory Copenhagen, Univ. Milan, Univ. Florence, Univ. Perugia, Univ. Padova, Univ. Siena, Academia Sinica Taiwan, Univ. Nagoya, Univ. Osaka, Relay Therapeutics, Aspen Single Molecule Biology Conference, Biophysical Society, Gordon Conferences, Protein Society, FASEB Conferences, American Chemical Society, American Society of Microbiologists, Telluride - Santa Fe Membrane Meetings
  • Since 1995: ÌýMember of 3 Journal Editorial Boards: Protein Society, J Gen Physiol, Biophys J
  • Publications: ÌýOver 130Ìýpublications in peer-reviewed journals
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  • Biophysical Society
  • American Chemical Society
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
  • Protein Society