David R. Liu
Heart Failure & Transplant
Broad Institute
About
David R. Liu works in Heart Failure & Transplant affiliated with Broad Institute.
David R. Liu is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and the Richard Merkin Professor and director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. He is also an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research focuses on genome editing technologies with applications including therapies for heart diseases through projects like CureHeart.
Research focus
Gene editing for inherited cardiomyopathiesBase editing in cardiac gene therapyPrime editing for heart disease mutationsCRISPR-based therapies for cardiovascular disordersVirus-based gene delivery for heart conditions
Impact
372 pubs · 73,363 cites · h-index 119
Training
PhD in Organic Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
1999
BA in Chemistry
Harvard University
1994
Affiliations
Work Experience
Richard Merkin Professor and Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard · 2016 - Present
Investigator
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · 2005 - Present
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences
Harvard University · 2005 - Present
Full Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University · 2005 - Present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University · 1999 - 2005