Mark Odell
Senior Lecturer
Department of Life Sciences
University of Westminster
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Mark Odell studies the structure and function of proteins through protein biochemistry, crystallography allied with rational mutagenesis and bioinformatics. Dr Odell studied for his doctorate under Professor Geoffrey Smith (Imperial) in Oxford where he characterised the biochemistry of the Vaccinia virus DNA ligase enzyme and learnt protein purification with Professor Dale Wigley (ICRF, UK). Dr Odell then moved to The Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York to study with Professor Stewart Shuman.
Research Interest
Dr Odell's laboratory is focussing on the insight that protein structure can bring to problems in molecular biology, particularly in disease states. They are using a combination of biochemistry, molecular biology and biophysics to illuminate protein chemistry and molecular interactions.
