Laurence Pearl

Laurence Pearl
Laurence Pearl
	Laurence Pearl in his office
Born	Laurence Harris Pearl; 18 June 1956; Manchester, England
Alma mater	University College London; Birkbeck College;
Occupation	biochemistry
Known for	Work on HIV-1 protease, DNA repair Enzymes, Hsp90 and GSK-3
Spouse	Frances M. G. Pearl
Children	two sons, one daughter
Awards	FRS (2008); FMedSci (2007); EMBO member; MAE (2012); Novartis Medal of the Biochemical Society (2017);
	Scientific career
Fields	Drug discovery; Structural Biology; Biophysics; DNA repair; Genome evolution; Genome instability; Proteins; Biochemistry;
Institutions	University College London; University of Sussex; Institute of Cancer Research;
Thesis	Crystallographic studies of endothiapepsin (1984)
Doctoral advisor	Tom Blundell
Website	sussex.ac.uk/profiles/243849

Laurence Harris Pearl FRS FMedSci (born 18 June 1956) is a British biochemist and structural biologist who is currently Professor of Structural Biology in the Genome Damage and Stability Centre and was Head of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Sussex.

Laurence Pearl
Laurence Pearl in his office
Born	Laurence Harris Pearl (1956-06-18) 18 June 1956 Manchester, England
Alma mater	University College London Birkbeck College
Occupation	biochemistry
Known for	Work on HIV-1 protease, DNA repair Enzymes, Hsp90 and GSK-3
Spouse	Frances M. G. Pearl
Children	two sons, one daughter
Awards	FRS (2008) FMedSci (2007) EMBO member MAE (2012) Novartis Medal of the Biochemical Society (2017)
Scientific career
Fields	Drug discovery Structural Biology Biophysics DNA repair Genome evolution Genome instability Proteins Biochemistry
Institutions	University College London University of Sussex Institute of Cancer Research
Thesis	Crystallographic studies of endothiapepsin (1984)
Doctoral advisor	Tom Blundell

Website	sussex.ac.uk/profiles/243849