Professor Elspeth Garman

Professor of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry; Fellow of Brasenose College

About

Originally a nuclear physicist, Professor Elspeth Garman's research is now focused on structural biology, and particularly improvement of the methods used for macromolecular structure determination by X-ray crystallography.

Expertise

Cryo-crystallography
Radiation damage
Unambiguous identification of metals in proteins
Avian flu
Anti-influenza drugs (Relenza, Tamiflu)

Selected publications

Radiation damage to biological macromolecules. Current Opinion in Structural Biology (2023) 82:10266
Quantifying and comparing radiation damage in the Protein Data Bank. Nature Communications (2022) 13:1314-1325
High-throughput PIXE as an essential quantitative assay for accurate metalloprotein structural analysis; development and application. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2020), 142, 1, 185-197.
Estimate your dose: RADDOSE-3D (2018)
Radiation damage to nucleoprotein complexes in macromolecular crystallography (2015)

Media experience

Professor Elspeth Garman has considerable experience of working with the media, including national broadcasters, and several of her public lectures can be found on YouTube.