
Thomas A. Edwards Ph.D.
- Position: Associate Professor
- Areas of expertise: X-ray crystallography; integrated structural biology; RNA binding proteins; protein-protein interactions; RNA viruses; developmental biology; antibiotic resistance
- Email: T.A.Edwards@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 3031
- Location: 8.53d Garstang
- Website: Astbury web page
Profile
Dr Edwards is an Associate Professor in the School of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leeds and currently Deputy Head of School, and a co-investigator on the PoPPI EPSRC programme grant. He has acted as Deputy Director of the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology 2011-2018, and School Director of Research 2016-2018.
Dr Edwards obtained a BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry at the University of Bath in 1992, and a Ph.D. in Biology also from Bath in 1996. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor Aneel Aggarwal at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York (1997-2003) in the Structural Biology Program, and was promoted to a faculty position in 2003.
Dr Edwards joined the University of Leeds in April 2005.
The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
https://poppi.website
Responsibilities
- Deputy Head: School of Molecular and Cellular Biology. 2018 - present
- School Director of Research. 2016-2018
- Deputy Director: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology. 2011-2108
Research interests
Structural Molecular Biology
- Structural Biology
- RNA:Protein Interactions
- RNA viruses and viral RNA binding proteins
- Protein-protein interactions
- Molecular Control of Embryogenesis
- Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
Qualifications
- BSc 1992, PhD 1997, Bath University
Professional memberships
- Biochemical Society
- British Biophysical Society
- Microbiology Society
- RNA Society
- British Crystallographic Association
Student education
Undergraduate project topics:
- Biochemistry, Microbiology & Biological Sciences
Postgraduate studentship areas:
- RNA binding proteins; protein-protein interactions; RNA viruses; molecular embryogenesis
See also:
- Faculty Graduate School
- FindaPhD Project details:
Academic roles:
- School Director of Research and Innovation
Research groups and institutes
- Structural Biology