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+---
+title: David Shechter
+role: Professor of Biochemistry
+avatar_filename: shechter_david_2021_8_3_cropped.jpg
+social:
+  - display:
+      header: false
+    icon_pack: far
+    link: www.twitter.com/dshechter
+    icon: twitter
+education:
+  courses:
+    - course: B.S. in Biological Sciences
+      institution: Cornell University
+      year: 1995
+    - course: PhD in Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies
+      institution: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
+      year: 2004
+    - course: Postdoctoral Fellow, Allis Lab
+      institution: The Rockefeller University
+      year: 2009
+email: website@shechterlab.org
+superuser: true
+---
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