Jan Löwe

Professor Jan Löwe
Director of the MRC-LMB
Assumed office
2018
Preceded bySir Hugh Pelham
Personal details
Born (1967-07-14) 14 July 1967
NationalityGerman
Alma mater
Known forStructural biology of bacterial cytoskeletons
AwardsEMBO Member (2004)
EMBO Gold Medal (2007)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisCrystal structure of the 20S proteasome from T. acidophilum (1995)
Doctoral advisorRobert Huber
Websitewww2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/jyl

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.