Dr. Matthew Child

Biography

Matthew Child seeks to understand how individual amino acids contribute to protein function in living cells, focusing on areas such as rare diseases and infections caused by ancient and emergent pathogens. His technology-led approach enables the scaling up of research into allosteric sites, covalently druggable residues, sites of post-translational modification, and disease-associated missense variants. He studied for his PhD in molecular parasitology under Professor Mike Blackman at the National Institute for Medical Research in London. After completing his PhD, he moved to the USA to further his academic career as a postdoctoral researcher in a chemical biology-focused laboratory led by Professor Matt Bogyo at Stanford University, California. Upon returning to the UK, Matthew was awarded the Wellcome Trust Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship, which allowed him to initiate his independent research career at Imperial College London.

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