The University of Sheffield
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

X-ray protein crystallography group

X-ray structure montage The Structural Studies Group uses the four complementary techniques of X-ray protein crystallography, of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), of cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), and of bioinformatics to explore systems of fundamental and medical importance in atomic detail.

Crystallography Group leaders

Facility Managers

  • X-ray Dr Patrick Baker
  • Computing Dr Jan White

Research themes

  • DNA and RNA binding proteins
  • Enzyme stability, specificity, and activity
  • Anit-infective discovery programmes
  • Structural genomics/ proteomics
  • Interface with bioinformatics