Elena Conti | |
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| Born | 14 February 1967 |
| Education | Imperial College, London (PhD 1996) University of Pavia (Chemistry, 1991) |
| Known for | RNA transport, RNA metabolism |
| Awards | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2008) Sir Hans Krebs Medal (2011) Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (2014) [1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | structural biology, biophysics, molecular biology, crystallography, chemistry |
| Institutions | Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry; Rockefeller University; EMBL; Heidelberg |
Elena Conti (born 14 February 1967 in Varese, Italy) is an Italian biochemist and molecular biologist. She serves as Director and Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, where she uses structural biology and biophysical techniques to study RNA transport and RNA metabolism.[2] Together with Elisa Izaurralde, she helped characterize proteins important for exporting mRNA out of the nucleus.[3]