John Schwabe#
| Membership Number: | 4044 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/molcellbiol/staff/schwabe |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - present Head of Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester
- 2010 - 2015 Head of Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester.
- 2006 - present Professor of Structural Biology, University of Leicester.
- 1997 - 2006 Scientific Group Leader, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.
- 1995 - 1997 Staff Scientist, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California.
- 1991 - 1994 Postdoctoral fellow, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.
- 1987 - 1991 PhD student, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology & Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
- 1983 - 1987 Undergraduate in Dept. of Biochemistry & University College, Oxford.
Fields of Scholarship
- Structural biology
- Regulation of gene expression
- Molecular functioning of nuclear receptors
- Transcriptional repression
- Histone deacetylase complexes
Honours and Awards
- 2014 ScD, University of Cambridge
- 2013 Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2013 Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator
- 1997 - 2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Salk Institute, California
- 1995 - 1997 Human Frontier of Science Program, Long Term Fellow
- 1993 - 1994 Junior Research Fellow, Hughes Hall, Cambridge
- 1991 - 1994 MRC Training Fellowship
- 1991 Max Perutz Prize for PhD research
