Randy John Read (born 9 June 1957) is a

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and professor of

protein crystallography X-ray crystallography is the experimental science determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions. By measuring the angles ...

at the

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Education

Read was educated at the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...

in Edmonton, Canada where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 followed by a PhD in 1986 for

X-ray crystallography X-ray crystallography is the experimental science determining the atomic and molecular structure of a crystal, in which the crystalline structure causes a beam of incident X-rays to diffract into many specific directions. By measuring the angles ...

serine protease Serine proteases (or serine endopeptidases) are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds in proteins. Serine serves as the nucleophilic amino acid at the (enzyme's) active site. They are found ubiquitously in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. ...

s and their protein inhibitors supervised by Michael N. G. James.

Career and research

Following his PhD, Read was appointed

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from 1988 to 1993 and

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from 1993 to 1998 at the University of Alberta. , Read's research interests are in

protein Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Proteins perform a vast array of functions within organisms, including catalysing metabolic reactions, DNA replication, respo ...

crystallography Crystallography is the experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in crystalline solids. Crystallography is a fundamental subject in the fields of materials science and solid-state physics (condensed matter physics). The wor ...

and

maximum likelihood estimation In statistics, maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) is a method of estimating the parameters of an assumed probability distribution, given some observed data. This is achieved by maximizing a likelihood function so that, under the assumed statis ...

. His research has been published in leading

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Journal of Applied Crystallography The ''Journal of Applied Crystallography'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Union of Crystallography. It was established in 1968 and covers the application of crystallography and cry ...

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Journal of Molecular Biology The ''Journal of Molecular Biology'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of molecular biology. It was established in 1959 and is published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Peter Wright ( The Scripps Research In ...

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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism ''The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. The current editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publ ...

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Awards and honours

Read was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014. His nomination reads:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Read, Randy John 1957 births Living people Canadian crystallographers Fellows of the Royal Society University of Alberta alumni British crystallographers University of Alberta faculty Academics of the University of Cambridge Canadian Fellows of the Royal Society