Helen Saibil

FRS FMedSci
Born (1950-08-12) August 12, 1950 (age 73)
Academic background
EducationMcGill University
Alma materKing's College London
ThesisDiffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes (1977)
Academic work
DisciplineMolecular biology
Sub-disciplineStructural biology
InstitutionsBirkbeck, University of London
Main interestsMolecular chaperones
Protein misfolding
Websitewww.bbk.ac.uk/biology/our-staff/academic/helen-saibil
External videos
video icon 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]

References

  1. ^ "Births". The Canadian Jewish Review. 25 August 1950. p. 4. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. ^ Saibil, Helen Archived 2007-08-23 at the Wayback Machine 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. ^ Kaiser, Dana (25 October 2015). "Academy of Europe:CV". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. ^ OIST Workshop page Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Conference biography
  7. ^ "Female Fellows of the Royal Society" (PDF). The Royal Society. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ Helen Saibil FRS Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Birkbeck press release
  9. ^ Fellowships announcement Royal Society page


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