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Professor Elton Zeqiraj

Professor Elton Zeqiraj

  • Position: Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow and Professor of Structural Biology
  • Areas of expertise: Cell signaling structural biology; Ubiquitin; Early stage drug discovery
  • Email: E.Zeqiraj@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 3079
  • Location: 5.14 Roger Stevens
  • Website: Lab website | PubMed | Googlescholar | ORCID

Research interests

Our lab studies how Ubiquitin governs cell signalling networks. 

We are interested in ubiquitin structural biology with the main focus on deubiquitinating enzymes (a.k.a. DUBs). The majority of our efforts are dedicated to understanding how DUBs are activated allosterically, and how they can be inhibited when it is beneficial to do so.

Current major projects include:

  • Understand DUB selectivity and physiological regulation
  • Understand JAMM/MPN domain DUB allosteric activation
  • Identification of JAMM/MPN domain DUB inhibitors
<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

  • Postdoctoral fellow, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
  • PhD in Structural Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee
  • BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, University of Westminster, London

Professional memberships

  • Member of the Biochemical Society
<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>