Aidan Meekings
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
- Structural Biochemistry
- X-ray Crystallography
- Molecular Biology
- Metalloproteins
- Ammonia Oxidisong Archaea
Biography
My research involves determining the structures of metal-containing enzymes using a combination of molecular biololgy, biochemistry and structural biology to characterise metalloproteins, these include multicopper oxidases and nitrite reductases. I am also incorporating microbiology techniques to examine the roles of these proteins which reside in ammonia oxidising archaea (N.Maritimus), thus determining the role of these organisms in copper homeostasis.
Qualifications
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Biomedical Science (BSc) Anglia Ruskin University (2020)
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Biotechnolgy (MSc) University of Essex (2021)
Research and professional activities
Thesis
Novel copper proteins in ammonia oxidising archaea and their role in production of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide
Supervisor: Prof Jonathan Worrall , Prof Corinne Whitby , Prof Mike Hough
