Sophie E. Jackson
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Harvard University
Sophie Elizabeth Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | University of Oxford University of Cambridge Imperial College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge Harvard University |
| Thesis | Studies on subtilisin BPN' and chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Fersht |
| Other academic advisors | Fraser Armstrong Stuart Schreiber |
Sophie Elizabeth Jackson is a British biochemist and Professor of Chemical Biology at the University of Cambridge. Her research considers protein folding and assembly, She is interested in topological knots, molecular complexes and the β barrel protein.
Jackson was born in Cheshire.[1] She studied mathematics, further mathematics, chemistry and physics at A-Level.[1][2] She was the first in her family to attend university, and chose to study at The Queen's College, Oxford, because it had the most students from Northern England.[1] At the University of Oxford she worked alongside Fraser Armstrong on electron transfer in metalloproteins.[3] She wanted to move to London, and joined Imperial College London to start a doctorate with Alan Fersht.[2][3] When he moved to the University of Cambridge, she joined him, and studied the chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 (CI2).[2] In Cambridge Jackson developed the first experimental strategies to monitor protein folding. After earning her doctorate, Jackson joined Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow with Stuart Schreiber.[3]
