Marat Yusupov PhD

Holder in 1986 with a PhD in molecular biology Moscow State University, then joined the Young Scientist Research Institute Pushchino protein, south of the Russian capital. Under the leadership of Alexander Spirin, Marat Yusupov embarked on the study of the structure and function of the ribosome, responsible universal complex of protein synthesis within the cell. In 1987 he made ??the first complete crystallization of the bacterial ribosome . Between 1989 and 1993, he initiated a collaboration with scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) in Strasbourg working on the same theme. After a stay at the University of California in which his team unveils four-dimensional structure of the ribosome - the three dimensions of space and one of time - Marat Yusupov continued in IBMC from 2000 as director of research at CNRS.
In 2005, he became head of the Strasbourg group structure and function of the ribosome, the Institute of genetics and molecular and cellular biology ( IGBMC , CNRS / Inserm / Unistra). The group recently established the first complete structure of a eukaryotic ribosome at the atomic scale. Such research biologist, now one of the world leaders in the study of ribo-somes, paving the way for "the understanding of the biosynthesis of human proteins, one of the major challenges of modern biology" and the development of new antifungal drugs. The CNRS silver medal was awarded to Marat Yusupov Monday, February 11, 2013.