David Stuart (structural biologist)
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Sir David Ian Stuart FRS FMedSci (born 8 December 1953) is a Medical Research Council Professor of Structural Biology at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford where he is also a Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.[1] He is best known for his contributions to the X-ray crystallography of viruses, in particular for determining the structures of foot-and-mouth disease virus,[4] bluetongue virus and the membrane-containing phages PRD1 (the first structure of an enveloped virus) and PM2. He is also director of Instruct[5] and Life Sciences Director at Diamond Light Source.[6]
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Sir David Stuart | |
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Born | David Ian Stuart (1953-12-08) 8 December 1953 (age 70) |
Alma mater | University of London (BSc) University of Oxford (MA) University of Bristol (PhD)[1] |
Awards | Descartes Prize Gregori Aminoff Prize Knight Bachelor |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Structural Biology Virology Crystallography Synchrotron radiation[2] |
Institutions | Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics University of Oxford Diamond Light Source |
Thesis | X-ray studies on pyruvate kinase (1979) |
Doctoral advisor | Hilary Muirhead |
Doctoral students | Susan Lea[3] |
Website | www |
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