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Chemistry
UK
2023

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Chemistry D-index 166 Citations 118,498 956 World Ranking 28 National Ranking 1

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

2005 - Davy Medal, Royal Society of London (UK) For his work on the application of NMR and other structural methods for studying protein folding and misfolding, especially the formation of amyloid fibrils, leading to novel insights on protein structure and folding

1999 - Interdisciplinary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

1981 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Biochemistry

Christopher M. Dobson focuses on Protein folding, Biochemistry, Crystallography, Protein structure and Fibril. His Protein folding research incorporates elements of Biophysics, Circular dichroism, Folding, Computational biology and Kinetics. His Biochemistry research incorporates themes from Amyloid disease and Amyloid fibril.

His research integrates issues of Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Protein secondary structure and Hydrogen bond in his study of Crystallography. As a part of the same scientific family, Christopher M. Dobson mostly works in the field of Protein structure, focusing on Acylphosphatase and, on occasion, Mutation. His Fibril study which covers Amyloid that intersects with Sequence, Amyloidosis, Monomer and Molecule.

His most cited work include:

  • Protein Misfolding, Functional Amyloid, and Human Disease (4716 citations)
  • Protein folding and misfolding (3516 citations)
  • Inherent toxicity of aggregates implies a common mechanism for protein misfolding diseases. (2076 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Christopher M. Dobson mostly deals with Biophysics, Protein folding, Crystallography, Biochemistry and Amyloid. His Biophysics research focuses on Protein aggregation and how it relates to In vitro. His Protein folding research integrates issues from Protein structure, Computational biology and Folding.

His study explores the link between Crystallography and topics such as Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy that cross with problems in Analytical chemistry. The various areas that he examines in his Biochemistry study include Amyloid disease and Alpha-synuclein. His Amyloid study frequently draws connections between related disciplines such as Nucleation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Biophysics (28.27%)
  • Protein folding (26.80%)
  • Crystallography (25.51%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Biophysics (28.27%)
  • Protein aggregation (16.11%)
  • Amyloid (17.40%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Biophysics, Protein aggregation, Amyloid, Protein folding and Cell biology. A large part of his Biophysics studies is devoted to Fibril. Christopher M. Dobson usually deals with Fibril and limits it to topics linked to Kinetics and Nucleation.

Protein aggregation is a primary field of his research addressed under Biochemistry. His studies in Amyloid integrate themes in fields like Microfluidics and Fluorescence. Protein folding connects with themes related to Protein structure in his study.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Protein Misfolding, Amyloid Formation, and Human Disease: A Summary of Progress Over the Last Decade (873 citations)
  • Widespread Proteome Remodeling and Aggregation in Aging C. elegans (311 citations)
  • Lipid vesicles trigger α-synuclein aggregation by stimulating primary nucleation (290 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Enzyme
  • Gene
  • Biochemistry

His primary areas of investigation include Biophysics, Protein aggregation, Alpha-synuclein, Biochemistry and Protein folding. His research in Biophysics is mostly concerned with Fibril. His studies deal with areas such as Proteome, Proteostasis, Chaperone and Drug discovery as well as Protein aggregation.

His research investigates the link between Biochemistry and topics such as Neurodegeneration that cross with problems in Caenorhabditis elegans. His work deals with themes such as Amyloid fibril, Neuroscience, Protein structure, Computational biology and Peptide, which intersect with Protein folding. His Protein structure research includes elements of Folding, Biomolecule, Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and Ribosome.

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Best Publications

Protein Misfolding, Functional Amyloid, and Human Disease

Fabrizio Chiti;Christopher M. Dobson.
Annual Review of Biochemistry (2006)

6866 Citations

Protein folding and misfolding

Christopher M. Dobson.
Nature (2003)

5336 Citations

Inherent toxicity of aggregates implies a common mechanism for protein misfolding diseases.

Monica Bucciantini;Elisa Giannoni;Fabrizio Chiti;Fabrizio Chiti;Fabiana Baroni.
Nature (2002)

2907 Citations

Protein misfolding, evolution and disease

Christopher M. Dobson.
Trends in Biochemical Sciences (1999)

2401 Citations

The amyloid state and its association with protein misfolding diseases

Tuomas P. J. Knowles;Michele Vendruscolo;Christopher M. Dobson.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2014)

2013 Citations

Protein aggregation and aggregate toxicity: new insights into protein folding, misfolding diseases and biological evolution

Massimo Stefani;Christopher M. Dobson.
Journal of Molecular Medicine (2003)

1849 Citations

Protein Misfolding, Amyloid Formation, and Human Disease: A Summary of Progress Over the Last Decade

Fabrizio Chiti;Christopher M. Dobson.
Annual Review of Biochemistry (2017)

1666 Citations

Designing conditions for in vitro formation of amyloid protofilaments and fibrils

Fabrizio Chiti;Paul Webster;Niccolò Taddei;Anne Clark.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1999)

1344 Citations

Instability, unfolding and aggregation of human lysozyme variants underlying amyloid fibrillogenesis

David R. Booth;Margaret Sunde;Vittorio Bellotti;Vittorio Bellotti;Carol V. Robinson.
Nature (1997)

1276 Citations

Rationalization of the effects of mutations on peptide and protein aggregation rates.

Fabrizio Chiti;Massimo Stefani;Niccolò Taddei;Giampietro Ramponi.
Nature (2003)

1244 Citations

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