Janet Thornton#
| Membership Number: | 3918 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/thornton |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 Director, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL
- 1998 - 2001 Director of the BBSRC ‘Centre for Structural Biology’ at Birkbeck College and University College London
- 1996 - 2001 Head, Joint Research School in Biomolecular Sciences, Crystallography Department, Birkbeck College and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department, University College London
- 1994 - 2001 Bernal Chair, Crystallography Department, Birkbeck College
- 1990 - 2001 Professor of Biomolecular Structure, Director of 'Unit of Biomolecular Structure & Modelling', Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University College London
- 1989 - 1990 Senior Lecturer at Birkbeck College
- 1983 - 1989 Lecturer at Birkbeck College
- 1979 - 1983 SERC Advanced Fellow, Crystallography Department, Birkbeck College, University of London
- 1978 Research Scientist, Molecular Pharmacology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill
- 1973 - 1978 Research Assistant, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular biology
- Structural biology
- Ageing
- Protein structure
- Bioinformatics
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2010 The Times: “The Eureka 100” Most Influential Scientists, UK
- 2010 Genome Valley Excellence Award – BioAsia India
- 2009 The 2009 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award
- 2007 Premio Citta di Firenze sulle Scienze Molecari 2007 City of Florence prize ceremony, Florence, Italy
- 2005 ISCB Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award
- 2003 National Lecturer, Biophysical Society 2003 Annual Meeting
- 2003 Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA
- 2000 Lister Institute Fellowship Panel
- 2000 Hans Neurath Award, Protein Society
- 2002 Feodor Lynen Medal
- 2002 Extraordinary Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge
- 2002 Honorary Professor, University of Cambridge
- 2001 Commander of the British Empire - CBE
- 2001 Member of EMBO
- 1999 - 2003 Member of BBSRC Strategy Board
- 1999 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1991 Pfizer Academic Award for Excellence in Research
- 1986 Ronald Tress Prize for Research
