Tom Blundell

Sir Thomas Leon Blundell, is a British biochemist, structural biologist, and science administrator. He was a member of the team of Dorothy Hodgkin that solved in 1969 the first... Wikipedia

  • Born:  Thomas Leon Blundell, July 7, 1942, Brighton, England, UK
  • Age:  83 years
  • Fields:  Structural biology, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Drug Discovery
  • Institutions:  University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Sussex, Birkbeck, University of London, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Agricultural and Food Research Council, Astex
  • Education:  Steyning Grammar School
  • Alma mater:  University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
  • Thesis:  The determination by X-ray diffraction methods of the crystal and molecular structures of some co-ordination compounds (1969)
  • Doctoral students:  Tim Hubbard, Laurence Pearl, Andrej Šali, Charlotte Deane
  • Known for:  Astex, Insulin structure, Drug design
  • Notable awards:  Knight Bachelor (1997), EMBO Member (1986), Honorary Doctorates from 16 universities
  • Children:  3
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