Gideon Davies

Gideon Davies
Gideon Davies in 2010
Born
Gideon John Davies

(1964-07-06) 6 July 1964 (age 60)[6]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Bristol (BSc, PhD, DSc)
ChildrenTwo daughters[6]
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisPhosphoglycerate kinase from Bacillus stearothermophilus (1990)
Doctoral advisor
  • Herman Watson
  • Len Hall[4]
Doctoral studentsTracey Gloster[5]
Websitewww.york.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/academic/d-g/gdavies/ Edit this at Wikidata

Gideon John Davies (born 6 July 1964) is a professor of chemistry in the Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL) at the University of York, UK.[2][7][8] Davies is best known for his ground-breaking studies into carbohydrate-active enzymes, notably analysing the conformational and mechanistic basis for catalysis and applying this for societal benefit. In 2016 Davies was appointed the Royal Society Ken Murray Research Professor at the University of York. Gideon Davies has recently been elected to the Council of the Royal Society.

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  2. ^ a b Gideon Davies publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Vocadlo, D. J.; Davies, G. J.; Laine, R; Withers, S. G. (2001). "Catalysis by hen egg-white lysozyme proceeds via a covalent intermediate" (PDF). Nature. 412 (6849): 835–8. Bibcode:2001Natur.412..835V. doi:10.1038/35090602. PMID 11518970. S2CID 205020153.
  4. ^ Professor Gideon Davies, FMedSci, FRS Biography, University of York [dead link]
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  6. ^ a b Anon (2014). "Davies, Prof. Gideon John". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U251693. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ Gideon Davies publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Gideon Davies publications from Europe PubMed Central