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Graham S Jackson

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER - Graham S Jackson


Graham S Jackson

University of Bristol
United Kingdom

BIOGRAPHY:

Graham began his research career at the University of Bristol with a PhD in Biochemistry. His early research focused upon the mechanisms of protein folding; both spontaneous and assisted with a particular interest in the catalytic cycle of the bacterial chaperonin system. He joined the nascent Prion Disease Group at St Marys Hospital, London in 1996 and continued to work with Professor John Collinge after the formation of the MRCs Prion Unit in 1999. Graham is currently an MRC Programme Leader at the Prion Unit and a Reader in Biochemistry within the Department of Neurodegenerative Disease at the UCL Institute of Neurology. His past work has centred around the structure and stability of the normal form of the human prion protein and in particular the ability of the protein to interact with and bind metal ions such as copper and zinc. Grahams current research focus is to develop and validate novel methods for diagnosing prion disease from blood and urine samples.

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