Olwyn Byron

Olwyn Byron
Alma mater	University of Nottingham University of Aberdeen Durham University
Awards	Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize (2020)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Glasgow
Thesis	Solution studies on the conformation and assembly of the monoclonal antibody B72.3.  (1992)

Olwyn Byron is a British physicist who is Professor of Biophysics at the University of Glasgow and Chair of the British Biophysical Society. She is a member of the Physics of Life UK Network steering group who were awarded the 2020 Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize.

Education

Byron was an undergraduate student at Durham University. She moved to the University of Aberdeen as a graduate student, where she earned a master's degree in medical physics.^{[ citation needed ]} Byron moved to the University of Nottingham, where her doctoral research considered structure-property investigations into B72.3. ^[1]

Research and career

In 1992, Byron joined the faculty at the University of Leicester, where she worked in applied bimolecular technology. She joined the University of Glasgow in 1997 and was promoted to Professor in 2016.^{[ citation needed ]}

Byron studies the solution behaviour of macromolecules and complexes. She is interested in the solution shape of molecules and the strength of the complexes that they form. She serves on the steering group of the Physics of Life network, a team of biologists and physicists who look to develop a comprehensive understanding of biological processes across multiple length scales, from molecules to systems. ^[2] Byron was elected Chair of the British Biophysical Society in 2018. ^[3]

Awards and honours

• 2020 Institute of Physics Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize Physics of Life UK Network (PoLNET) steering group ^{[4] [5]}

Selected publications

• Joao H. Morais-Cabral; Petosa C; Mike Sutcliffe; et al. (1 August 1996). "Crystal structure of a PDZ domain". Nature . 382 (6592): 649–652. doi:10.1038/382649A0. ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   8757139. Wikidata   Q27733300.
• B Short; C Preisinger; R Körner; R Kopajtich; O Byron; Francis A. Barr (10 December 2001). "A GRASP55-rab2 effector complex linking Golgi structure to membrane traffic". Journal of Cell Biology . 155 (6): 877–883. doi:10.1083/JCB.200108079. ISSN   0021-9525. PMC   2150909 . PMID   11739401. Wikidata   Q24291984.
• Myszka DG; Abdiche YN; Arisaka F; et al. (1 December 2003). "The ABRF-MIRG'02 study: assembly state, thermodynamic, and kinetic analysis of an enzyme/inhibitor interaction". Journal of Biomolecular Techniques. 14 (4): 247–269. ISSN   1524-0215. PMC   2279960 . PMID   14715884. Wikidata   Q36519362.
• Rocco. M., Brookes, E. and Byron, O (2021) US-SOMO: methods for the construction and hydration of macromolecular hydrodynamic models. Encyclopaedic of Biophysics, G. C. K. Roberts and A. Watts eds., Springer (doi: 10:1007/978-3-642-35943-9_292-1).

References

1. Byron, Olwyn (1992). Solution studies on the conformation and assembly of the monoclonal antibody B72.3. University of Nottingham. OCLC   557345582.
2. "About". Physics of Life. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
3. "About the BBS · British Biophysical Society". britishbiophysics.org. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
4. "Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize recipients". Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize recipients | Institute of Physics. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
5. "Stories - Department of Physics - University of Liverpool". www.liverpool.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2022.