Martin Egli

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION:
1989-1992 Postdoctoral fellow, Alexander Rich, Dept. of Biology, M.I.T., Cambridge MA, U.S.A.
1986-1988 Ph.D Thesis, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, ETH-Zurich
Advisors: Vladimir Prelog (Nobel laureate, Chemistry, 1975; died 1998), Jack D. Dunitz (Prof. emer.), Max Dobler (Prof. emer.)
1984 Diploma, Dept. of Chemistry, ETH-Zurich. Advisor: Jack D. Dunitz
1980-1984 Undergraduate, Dept. of Chemistry, ETH-Zurich

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Biophysical Society
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Crystallographic Association (ACA)
Intl. Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL)
Intl. Society for Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids (IS3NA)
New Swiss Chemical Society (NSCG)
Sigma Psi Society (M.I.T. Chapter)
Swiss Crystallographic Society (SKG)

Honors/Awards

2009 Elected AAAS Fellow (Chemistry)
2006 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2005 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2005 Vanderbilt Chancellor Award (KaiABC circadian clock, with C. H. Johnson)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Structure and Function of Circadian Clock Proteins, Microfluidic Integrated Transduction RealNose and Olfactory Receptors, Polymerase-DNA Interactions, Nucleic Acid Structure: Conformation, Stability and Activity of DNA, RNA and Nucleic Acid Analogs

Other Research

Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions
Structure Assisted Approach to the Discovery of New Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Structural Genomics
Structure-Based Design of Antisense and Ribozyme Therapeutics / Nucleic Acid Etiology
RNA Structure
DNA Crystallography
Phasing Strategies