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British molecular biologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Ruth Saibil FRS FMedSci (born August 12, 1950)[1] is a Canadian-British molecular biologist and Professor of Structural Biology at the Department of Crystallography of Birkbeck, University of London.[2][3] Her research is largely focuses on molecular chaperones and protein misfolding.
Helen Saibil | |
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Born | August 12, 1950 |
Academic background | |
Education | McGill University |
Alma mater | King's College London |
Thesis | Diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes (1977) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Molecular biology |
Sub-discipline | Structural biology |
Institutions | Birkbeck, University of London |
Main interests | Molecular chaperones Protein misfolding |
Website | www |
Saibil completed undergraduate studies at McGill University in 1971 followed by a PhD at King's College London, receiving her thesis in 1977 entitled Diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes.[4][5] Saibil went on to work at CEA Grenoble and the University of Oxford.[6] Saibil has been at Birkbeck since 1989, and was elected to the Royal Society in 2006[7] and the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2009.[8][9]
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