The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology

The Berry Research Group

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Group Leader - Prof. Alan Berry, FRSC
Research Interests: Protein Engineering, redesign and directed evolution.
BSc in Biochemistry with Physiology, University of Southampton; PhD Biochemistry, University of Southampton; SERC Overseas postdoctoral fellowship at ETH-Zurich; Royal Society University Research Fellow University of Cambridge; University Lecturer in the School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Leeds; Reader in Enzymology, University of Leeds; Professor of Molecular Enzymology, University of Leeds.

Contact details:
Astbury Centre of Structural Molecular Biology, Garstang Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 3158;
email: a.berry@leeds.ac.uk

Current Group Members

Nicole Timms
Nicole is a final year PhD student working on the redesign and directed evolution of enzymes for novel functions.
Nicole Timms
Adam Daniels
Adam joined the lab in 2008 to work on engineering substrate specificity and stereoselectivity in aldolases.
Adam Daniels
Clare Windle
Clare joined the group as a PhD student in 2011. She is working on structure-activity relationships of engineered enzymes
Clare Windle
Sasha Derrington
Sasha is a Wellcome Trust PhD student starting a new project on engineering of polyketide and polyether synthases
Sasha Derrington

Past Group Members - where are they now?

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We would like to thank the following organisations for the funds to support our research:
BBSRC, MRC, EPSRC, The Royal Society, The Wellcome Trust, and The University of Leeds.