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Christos Savva serves as Principal Electron Microscopist at the electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC) within Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron facility. He joined eBIC in November 2024 to maintain and develop its world-class Cryo-EM infrastructure while training next-generation structural biologists.
His academic background includes:
- B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from University of Leeds (2000)
- Ph.D. in Structural Biology from Texas A&M University (2007)
Dr. Savva's research focuses on elucidating how double-stranded DNA bacteriophages disrupt bacterial membranes through specialized pore-forming protein complexes. Using high-resolution single-particle Cryo-EM and in situ Cryo-Tomography in collaboration with Prof. Ryland Young (Texas A&M), his work targets one of biology's largest pore-forming systems to advance phage-based therapeutics against antibiotic resistance. Previously at MRC-LMB and Birkbeck College, he solved structures of hemolysin and aerolysin family toxins.
With over 20 years managing electron microscopy facilities at Texas A&M, MRC-LMB, and University of Leicester, he provides critical expertise in Cryo-EM methodology development. His operational leadership ensures eBIC maintains cutting-edge capabilities for the global structural biology community.
