Mark Sansom

Professor Mark Sansom is a leading academic in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, holding the David Phillips Professor of Molecular Biophysics since 2011. He has been a Professorial Fellow at Corpus Christi College since 2011, following a 20-year tenure as a University Lecturer and College Tutor at Christ Church.

Educational Background:

• Studied Biochemistry at University College, Oxford
• D.Phil. in Protein Structure under Prof. Louise Johnson at the University of Oxford

Research Focus: Computational approaches to membrane protein structure-function relationships, emphasizing lipid/protein interactions and water dynamics in ion channels. His group (~20 members) combines simulations with experimental data for pharmaceutical and computational industry applications.

Article Trends: Recent work spans GPCR dynamics, ion channel modulation, cholesterol transport mechanisms, and lipid interaction modeling, reflecting his core interest in membrane biophysics and computational tool development.

Grants: Funded by Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, and EPSRC.
Lab/Team: Leads a multidisciplinary computational research group focusing on membrane proteins, with tools like LipIDens and PyLipID for analyzing protein-lipid interactions.