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School of Molecular and Cellular Biology

The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology brings together over 250 researchers from across the University.

The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology brings together over 250 researchers from across the University - largely from physics, the biological sciences and chemistry - to allow interdisciplinary approaches to be harnessed to understand the molecular basis of life. The Centre has outstanding expertise and research infrastructure in chemical biology, biophysics and all of the major techniques in structural molecular biology. Together, these approaches are combined with analyses of biological function with the ultimate aim of understanding the molecular basis of biological mechanisms in living cells. The members of the Astbury Centre address major questions associated with biological mechanisms in areas as diverse as membrane proteins; protein folding and assembly; viruses; and motor proteins.

The Astbury Centre has also taken steps to develop close understanding of the research needs of industry and how the research carried out in the Centre can support early stage drug development and understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying disease states. Partnerships have been built through holding Industry Open Days, which have led to industry-funded projects and the formation of an Industry Advisory Board.

http://www.astbury.leeds.ac.uk/

1st November 2012