Helen Saibil
Helen Saibil | |
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| Born | August 12, 1950 born in Québec, Canada |
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Known for | determining the structure of a protein assembly used by the immune system to kill unwanted cells |
| Academic background | |
| Education | McGill University |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Thesis | Diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes (1977) |
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| Discipline | Molecular biology |
| Sub-discipline | Structural biology |
| Institutions | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Main interests | Molecular chaperones Protein misfolding |
| Website | www |
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 Helen Saibil: Visualization of Electron Microscopy Structures & Multi-scale Assemblies |
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.
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] Her research interests are on the operation of macromolecular machines using three-dimensional electron microscopy in the areas of molecular chaperones and assisted protein folding/unfolding, misfolding into amyloid, and protein refolding in membrane pore formation.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Births". The Canadian Jewish Review. 25 August 1950. p. 4. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Saibil, Helen Archived 2007-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Profile at Birkbeck, University of London
- ^ Saibil, Helen Personal webpage
- ^ Theses and Dissertations Accepted for Higher Degrees. London: University of London. 1978.
- ^ Kaiser, Dana (25 October 2015). "Academy of Europe:CV". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ OIST Workshop page Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Conference biography
- ^ "Female Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). The Royal Society. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ Helen Saibil FRS Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Birkbeck press release
- ^ Fellowships announcement Royal Society page
- ^ London, King's College. "Helen Saibil". King's College London. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
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