Maria Selmer

Professor at Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Structural Biology

Telephone:: +46 18 471 41 77
Mobile phone:: +46 70 167 97 61
E-mail:: maria.selmer@icm.uu.se
Visiting address:: Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:: Box 596
75124 Uppsala

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Professor at Department of Cell and Molecular Biology; Uppsala RNA Research Centre - URRC

Telephone:: +46 18 471 41 77
Mobile phone:: +46 70 167 97 61
E-mail:: Maria.Selmer@icm.uu.se
Visiting address:: Husargatan 3
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:: Box 596
751 24 Uppsala

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Short presentation

Professor Maria Selmer is a structural biologist that investigates structural mechanisms in bacterial ribosome biogenesis, function and inhibition. Recent work has provided insights in structural mechanisms of antibiotic resistance against inhibitors of protein synthesis. Another line of research is the evolution of protein structure and function.

Keywords

antibiotic resistance
ribosome
antibiotic
structural biology
bacteriophage

Biography

MSc in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University 1995
PhD in Chemistry with specialization in Molecular Biophysics 2002. Supervisor: Anders Liljas
Postdoc, Wenner-Gren Fellow at MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK 2002-2006. Supervisor: Venki Ramakrishnan.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University 2006
Docent in Structural Biology 2009
Senior Lecturer in Structural Biology 2012
Professor in Structural Biology 2015

Research

The Selmer lab uses integrated structural biology in two different areas, protein synthesis coupled to antibiotic resistance and evolution of protein structure and function. We use X-ray crystallography and single-particle cryo-EM complemented by a variety of biochemical and biophysical methods. Our research is described here.