Tom Blundell 5282157 223319638 2008-07-03T15:28:18Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] Sir '''Tom Leon Blundell''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (born [[1942-07-07]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[biologist]] and science administrator. His [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|MA]] and [[DPhil]] are from the [[University of Oxford]], working with [[Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin|Dorothy Hodgkin]]. His early posts were at the University of Oxford and the [[University of Sussex]]. In [[1976]], Blundell joined the Department of Crystallography at [[Birkbeck, University of London]], becoming head of department in [[1978]]. In [[1991]], he moved into science administration, as Director General of the [[Agricultural and Food Research Council]] (1991–94) and then the founding Chief Executive of the [[Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council]] (BBSRC) ([[1994]]–[[1996]]). Other administrative posts include Chairman of the [[Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution]] ([[1998]]–[[2005]]). He is the current President of the [[Biosciences Federation]] ([[2004]] –date). In [[1995]] he became the fifth [[Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry]] and head of the Department of Biochemistry at the [[University of Cambridge]]; he currently also holds the Chair of the School of Biological Sciences at that university. He is a fellow of [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|Sidney Sussex College]]. He is the co-founder of two drug discovery companies, [[Astex|Astex Technology]] Ltd and [[Biofabrika]]. He was made a fellow of the [[Royal Society]] in [[1984]] and knighted in [[1997]], and has also received numerous awards and medals. ==Research interests== Blundell's research interests lie in elucidating macromolecular structure using methods from [[biochemistry]], [[crystallography|protein crystallography]], [[bioinformatics]], and [[drug design|structure-based drug design]]. Systems studied include [[DNA repair]], [[hormones]] and [[growth factors]], [[Signal transduction|cellular signalling]], [[crystallin]]s (lens proteins), [[renin]] and [[HIV]] protease. His group has also written several bioinformatics programs. ==Source== *[http://www-cryst.bioc.cam.ac.uk/~tom/ Dept of Biochemistry, Cambridge] -- includes CV and publications list ==External links== *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20070603.shtml Desert Island Discs: Tom Blundell] {{start box}} {{s-aca}} {{succession box|title=[[Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry]], [[Cambridge University]]|years=[[1995]] - |before=[[Hans Kornberg]]|after=incumbent}} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blundell, Tom}} [[Category:British biologists]] [[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]] [[Category:Fellows of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]] [[Category:Academics of Birkbeck, University of London]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1942 births]] {{UK-biochemist-stub}}