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Thomas A. Edwards Ph.D.

Thomas A. Edwards Ph.D.

  • Position: Visiting Research Fellow
  • 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
  • Website: Astbury web page

Profile

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

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
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BSc 1992, PhD 1997, Bath University

Professional memberships

  • Biochemical Society
  • British Biophysical Society
  • Microbiology Society
  • RNA Society
  • British Crystallographic Association

Research groups and institutes

  • Structural Biology