Toby Gibson
British biochemist
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Toby James Gibson is a group leader and biochemist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg[2][3] known for his work on Clustal.[1][4] According to Nature, Gibson's co-authored papers describing Clustal[4][5] are among the top ten most highly cited scientific papers of all time.[6]
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Toby Gibson | |
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| Born | Toby James Gibson |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Clustal[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational biology Bioinformatics Short linear motifs Protein interactions Sequence alignment[2] |
| Institutions | Laboratory of Molecular Biology European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
| Thesis | Studies on the Epstein-Barr virus genome (1984) |
| Website | www |
Education
Gibson was educated at the University of Edinburgh[7] and went on to his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1984 on the genome of the Epstein–Barr virus[8] while working in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB).[7]
Career and research
Gibson was a postdoctoral research fellow with Sydney Brenner before moving to EMBL in 1986.[7] He was appointed a staff scientist in 1991 and a team leader in 1996 where he has worked since.
Gibson’s research interests are in computational biology, bioinformatics, short linear motifs, protein–protein interactions and biological sequence alignment.[2] His laboratory developed and hosts the Eukaryotic Linear Motif (ELM) resource.[9]
