Gabriel Waksman

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
• Courtauld Professor of Biochemistry at University College London
• Professor of Structural Molecular Biology at University College London and Birkbeck
• Director, Institute of Structural Molecular Biology
• Head, School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College
• Head, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London

EDUCATION:
• 1977-1982 Graduate Student at the Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris)
• 1978-1979 Bachelor of Science in Genetics, University of Paris; Bachelor of Science in Physical Chemistry, University of Paris
• 1980 MSc in Fundamental Biochemistry under the direction of Prof F Chapeville, University of Paris
• 1981-1982 PhD in Fundamental Biochemistry under the direction of Dr G Thomas, University of Paris

MEMBERSHIPS:
• EMBO member 2007
• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2008

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The main focus of the Waksman laboratory is to gain insight into the structural and molecular basis of secretion in Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. We are particularly interested in unraveling the structures of large, multicomponent assembly systems acting as nanopumps.

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