Helen Saibil

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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 followed by a PhD at King's College London, writing her thesis on Diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes.[4] Saibil went on to work at CEA Grenoble and the University of Oxford.[5] Saibil has been at Birkbeck since 1989, and was elected to the Royal Society in 2006[6] and the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2009.[7][8]

References

  1. "Births". The Canadian Jewish Review. August 25, 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. Saibil, Helen Profile at Birkbeck, University of London
  3. Saibil, Helen Personal webpage
  4. Theses and Dissertations Accepted for Higher Degrees. London: University of London. 1978.
  5. OIST Workshop page Conference biography
  6. "Female Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). The Royal Society. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. Helen Saibil FRS Birkbeck press release
  8. Fellowships announcement Royal Society page


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