Prof. Dr. Alasdair Colin Steven

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBiophysics,Cell Biology,Biophysical Chemistry
KeywordsElectron Microscopy, image processing, macromolecular complexes, three-dimensional structure

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBethesda
InstitutionNational Institutes of Health (NIH)
InstituteLaboratory of Structural Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang BaumeisterAbteilung Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang BaumeisterAbteilung Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Planegg-Martinsried
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2000

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

The award is made in recognition of pioneering contributions to the analysis of regulatory conformational changes in macromolecular assemblies. These studies have featured creative innovations in the use of electron microscopy and image processing, combined with other biochemical, biophysical and genetic approaches. They have yielded fundamental new insights into the processes of virus assembly and maturation, amyloid filament formation by prions, structure-function relationships of intermediate filaments and energy-dependent proteases. Joint Project: Structural analysis of viruses, in particular Herpes simplex virus, by cryoelectron tomography.

Publications (partial selection)

2003Alasdair Colin Steven and others: Three-dimensional Structure of Herpes Simplex Virus from Cryo-electron Tomography. In: Biophysical Chemistry, 2003, 577-591