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Bengt Mannervik is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research, La Jolla, USA (2022-2025). He has previously held senior academic roles including Senior Professor at Uppsala University (2010-2012) and Professor at Stockholm University (2010) and Uppsala University (1988-2010). His career spans over five decades, with significant contributions to enzyme research and molecular toxicology.
- Key affiliations: Scripps Research, Stockholm University, Uppsala University
- Editorial Board roles: Journal of Biological Chemistry, ChemBioChem, Protein Engineering Design and Selection
Dr. Mannervik’s research focuses on glutathione transferases, their roles in detoxification, enzymology, and directed molecular evolution. His work has implications in toxicology, drug metabolism, and neuroprotection.
His recent publications highlight the application of glutathione transferases in neurodegenerative disease (e.g., aminochrome detoxification), steroid metabolism (ketosteroid isomerases), and protein engineering (sequence-function analysis in poplar enzymes). Structural studies on Drosophila GST E14 further demonstrate their role in ecdysteroid biosynthesis.
Notable scientific awards and honors include the Björkén Prize (2013), Öbrink Award (2009), and election to the Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala (1998). He has served on editorial boards of prestigious journals such as the Journal of Biological Chemistry and ChemBioChem.
