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Dr. Strynadka is currently a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Strynadka received her Ph.D. in structural biology in 1990 from the University of Alberta, where she conducted postdoctoral research in the Departments of Biochemistry and of Microbiology until being given the position of research fellow in 1995. She has been named a Medical Research Council of Canada Scholar, a Canadian Institute of Health Research Scientist, a Burroughs Wellcome New Investigator in the Pharmacological Sciences, a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Scholar, and a UBC Distinguished University Scholar. She has also received the CFI New Opportunities Award, the Merck Frosst Prize, the UBC Killiam Research Prize, and the Steacie Prize. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. This is her fourth HHMI award.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Natalie Strynadka uses x-ray crystallography and other biophysical analysis tools to study the structure and function of proteins that play key roles in antibiotic resistance and bacterial pathogenicity. Her goal is to design novel antibiotics.
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