Alan Fersht
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Sir Alan Roy Fersht FRS FMedSci[6] (born 21 April 1943) is a British chemist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, and an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.[7] He was Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 2012 to 2018.[8] He works on protein folding, and is sometimes described as a founder of protein engineering.[9][10]
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Born | Alan Roy Fersht (1943-04-21) 21 April 1943 (age 81) London, England |
Education | Sir George Monoux Grammar School |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for | Protein folding |
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Marilyn Persell ā (m. 1966) |
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Thesis | Intramolecular Catalysis of Ester Hydrolysis (1968) |
Doctoral students | Sophie E. Jackson, Andreas Matouschek |
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