报告题目： Design and Evolution of New Biocatalysts for Organic Synthesis

报  告 人：英国曼彻斯特大学Nicholas J. Turner 教授

时    间：  2017-3-7 13:30-15:00

地    点：  18楼315室

主  持 人： 许建和 教授

报告人Nicholas J. Turner简历

工作经历   

2004年至今，曼切斯特大学教授;

1998-2004年，爱丁堡大学教授;

1995-1998年， 爱丁堡大学讲师;

1987年，埃克塞特大学讲师。

教育经历     

1985年 获牛津大学博士学位

1982年 获布里斯托尔大学化学学士学位

研究领域

生物催化的有机合成研究；酶的定向进化；蛋白质过程技术；小分子治疗蛋白抑制剂的设计与合成；生物质转化生物燃料的技术开发。

获奖情况

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards (2011). RSC Organic Industrial Chemistry Award (2009); AZ/GSK/Prizer UK Prize for Process Chemistry Research (2007); International Biocat Award (2004); Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Medal and Prizer (1996); Pfrizer Academic Award for Organic Chemistry (1995); Royal Society of Chemistry Medal for Carbohydrate Chemistry (1992); Royal Society Foulerton Gift and Binmore Kenner Junior Research Fellowship (1987).

Curriculum vitae: Prof. Nicholas J. Turner (age 56)

Career       2004 Professor of Chemical Biology, University of Manchester; 1998 Professor University of Edinburgh; 1995 Reader University of Edinburgh; 1987 Lecturer University of Exeter

Degrees      1985 DPhil in Chemistry University of Oxford

1982 BSc in Chemistry, University of Bristol

Academic awards

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Awards (2011). RSC Organic Industrial Chemistry Award (2009); AZ/GSK/Prizer UK Prize for Process Chemistry Research (2007); International Biocat Award (2004); Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Medal and Prizer (1996); Pfrizer Academic Award for Organic Chemistry (1995); Royal Society of Chemistry Medal for Carbohydrate Chemistry (1992); Royal Society Foulerton Gift and Binmore Kenner Junior Research Fellowship (1987).

Expertise     Use of enzymes as catalysts for organic synthesis. Directed evolution of enzymes. Protein engineering. Design and synthesis of high affinity ligands for selective inhibition of therapeutic proteins. Development of routes for conversion of biomass to biofuel molecules.

PublicationsScience: 1 paper; Nature Chemistry: 1 paper; Nature biotechnology: 1 paper; Angewandte Chemie: 17 papers; Journal Of The American Chemical Society: 8 papers; Chemical Communication: 16 papers; ACS Catalysis: 6 papers; Organic Letters: 3 papers; Green Chemistry: 2 papers; and so on.