معرفی
Prof. Phill Stansfeld is a Professor of Computational Biochemistry at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on visualizing biomolecular machines, particularly integral membrane proteins, using computational methods like molecular dynamics simulations. Key interests include bacterial membrane proteins, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, and lipid-protein interactions. His group develops tools such as MemProtMD, CG2AT, and PyLipID to study membrane protein dynamics and interactions.
Education:
- PhD Biochemistry, University of Leicester (2007)
- BSc Biological Sciences (1st Class), University of Edinburgh (2003)
Research Interests:
His work targets fundamental challenges in membrane protein structural biology, including peptidoglycan biogenesis, lipopolysaccharide transport, protein secretion, and lipoprotein maturation. By animating static protein structures via simulations, his group explores drug-binding mechanisms and essential bacterial processes to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Labs/Teams:
Head of the Stansfeld Research Group, affiliated with the Howard Dalton Centre for Mechanistic Enzymology and Centre for Computational Chemistry at the University of Warwick.
