Department of Chemistry
Biological chemistry research group
(York Structural Biology Laboratory)
Biological chemistry research, including structural and chemical biology, has its epicentre in the York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL). Work focuses on the fundamental chemical bases for biological and biochemical processes, the use of small molecules to probe cellular biology, software and methods development and on the exploitation of enzymes in biocatalysis.
Areas of interest
- Biocatalysis and industrial enzymology (Grogan, Wilson, Davies)
- Drug design, including fragment based approaches (Hubbard, Davies)
- Glycobiology and carbohydrate chemistry (Davies)
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) (Potts, Plevin)
- Protein-nucleic acid interactions (Antson, Wilkinson)
- Software development for structural biology (Cowtan, Dodson and Wilson)
- Structural microbiology (Wilkinson, Wilson)
- Structural endocrinology (Brzozowski)
- Thermodynamics of biological processes (Shimizu)
Current members
- Professor Fred Antson
- Dr Marek Brzozowski
- Dr Kevin Cowtan
- Professor Gideon Davies FRS
- Dr Gideon Grogan
- Professor Roderick Hubbard
- Dr Seishi Shimizu
- Professor Anthony Wilkinson
- Professor Keith Wilson
- Professor Emerita Eleanor Dodson FRS
Members in Department of Biology
Current events
Memorial meeting for Professor Guy Dodson FRS - in June 2013 there will be a memorial event to celebrate the work of Professor Guy Dodson, who died on 24 December 2012. For further information please click on this link: Guy Dodson memorial meeting 2013
