Jan Löwe
Professor Jan Löwe | |
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| Director of the MRC-LMB | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Hugh Pelham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1967 |
| Nationality | German |
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| Known for | Structural biology of bacterial cytoskeletons |
| Awards | EMBO Member (2004) EMBO Gold Medal (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
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| Thesis | Crystal structure of the 20S proteasome from T. acidophilum (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Huber |
| Website | www2 |
Jan Löwe FRS (born 14 July 1967) is a German molecular and structural biologist and the Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK. He became Director of the MRC-LMB in April 2018, succeeding Sir Hugh Pelham. Löwe is known for his contributions to the current understanding of bacterial cytoskeletons.