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Professor Rivka Isaacson is a Professor of Molecular Biophysics at King’s College London’s Department of Chemistry, part of the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences. She leads the Chemistry in Cells Module and serves as Graduate School Director for Natural, Mathematical, and Engineering Sciences. Her research focuses on protein degradation, bacterial sporulation, and membrane proteins, with interdisciplinary collaborations bridging science and the arts, such as the Viewing the Invisible project. Rivka holds a BSc from the University of Manchester (1997) and a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2001), under Sir Alan Fersht. Her recent work includes studies on Bacillus subtilis sporulation mechanisms and spider silk biochemistry, supported by BBSRC grants. She has supervised students like Bethany Haynes and Delia Capatina, and chairs UKRI’s Physics of Life steering group. The Isaacson Group uses NMR, X-ray crystallography, and cryo-EM to study macromolecular structures.
- Education: BSc Biochemistry (Manchester, 1997), PhD in Chemistry (Cambridge, 2001)
- Key Roles: Director of Graduate Studies, UKRI Steering Committee Member
Research Themes: Proteostasis in bacterial systems, chaperone-protease networks, and interdisciplinary science-art projects. Recent publications emphasize metabolic regulation in Bacillus subtilis and antibacterial strategies targeting degradation pathways. In 2021, she won the Judith Howard Prize for contributions to biophysical sciences.
- Grants: MRC New Investigator Award (2009), BBSRC grants (ongoing)
- Labs/Teams: Microbes in Health & Disease Research Group
