Paul Luzio
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J Paul Luzio is the Professor of Molecular Membrane Biology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge
, and also Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge
and Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.
He was a student in Cambridge
reading Natural Sciences (Part II Biochemistry
) as an undergraduate and studying for a Ph.D. in the Department of Biochemistry. After a period in Cardiff
as a lecturer of medical biochemistry at the Welsh National School of Medicine, he returned to Cambridge where he became a lecturer in clinical biochemistry. He was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor. Luzio's research is largely concerned with intracellular membrane
traffic pathways in mammalian cells and his research group is funded by a programme grant from the Medical Research Council
and project grant support from the Wellcome Trust
.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and also Master of St Edmund's College, Cambridge
St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Saint Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the second oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which only accept students reading for either Masters or Doctorate degrees, or undergraduate degrees if they are aged 21 or older, the...
and Director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.
He was a student in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
reading Natural Sciences (Part II Biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
) as an undergraduate and studying for a Ph.D. in the Department of Biochemistry. After a period in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
as a lecturer of medical biochemistry at the Welsh National School of Medicine, he returned to Cambridge where he became a lecturer in clinical biochemistry. He was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor. Luzio's research is largely concerned with intracellular membrane
Intracellular membranes
Intracellular membranes are membranes inside the plasmalemma of the cell, comprising its endomembranous system. Typical examples include the nuclear envelope and the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum....
traffic pathways in mammalian cells and his research group is funded by a programme grant from the Medical Research Council
Medical Research Council (UK)
The Medical Research Council is a publicly-funded agency responsible for co-ordinating and funding medical research in the United Kingdom. It is one of seven Research Councils in the UK and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
and project grant support from the Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
.
See also
- http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/
- http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/fellows/individuals/index.php?recid=23