معرفی
Madan Babu is a Professor at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, leading the Department of Structural Biology and directing the Center of Excellence in Data Driven Discovery. His career spans postdoctoral research at NIH (2006), group leadership at MRC-LMB (2006–2020), and a transition to St. Jude in 2020.
Research Interests include G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling, alternative splicing in cancer, pharmacogenomics, and data-driven discovery. His work integrates structural biology, genomics, and computational approaches to unravel mechanisms of disease and drug response.
Scientific Awards include the prestigious
- Balfour Award (Genetics Society)
- Colworth Medal (Biochemical Society)
- Young Investigator Award (EMBO)
- Innovator Award (International Society of Computational Biology)
- UK Blavatnik Award for Life Sciences
- Francis Crick Medal (Royal Society)
- EMBO Gold Medal
Advising and Leadership: He has mentored postdocs and PhD students, with recent job openings in his group focusing on Cancer Genetics, Omics, and Synthetic Biology. He serves as Executive Editor at Nucleic Acids Research and Chief Editor of Molecular Systems Biology.
