Alice Vrielink

Alice Vrielink is a structural biologist who the Professor of Structural Biology in the School of Molecular Sciences at the University of Western Australia. She conducts research in protein biochemistry and crystallography with a special focus on understanding the structural determinants governing enzyme chemistry.[1]

Education

Vrielink earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Masters of Science in Physical Chemistry at the University of Calgary in Canada.[2] She received a PhD in Physics and a Diploma in Crystallography in University of London and Imperial College of Science and Technology, respectively.

Career

Vrielink was an Assistant and Associate Professor at McGill University in Canada from 1994 to 2001.[2] From 2000 until 2007 she served as a Research Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and then joined the faculty at UWA as Professor of Structural Biology in 2007.[2]

Vrielink mapped the molecular structure of EptA, a protein that shields superbugs from antibiotics. This work has been covered by the BBC,[3] ABC,[4] Times Higher Education,[5] The West Australian,[6] and Particle.[7]

Vrielink was a member of the 2014 National Committee on Crystallography[8] She has been a member of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the British Crystallographic Association, the Asian Crystallographic Society, and the American Crystallographic Association. She is a past president of the Society of Crystallographers of Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ).[9] She has authored and co-authored many articles on various topics in biochemistry and crystallography.[10]

References
  1. Ducy, Liam. "UWA celebrates Australian link in scientific breakthrough". WAToday, August 20, 2014.
  2. "Researcher Profile: Professor Alice Vrielink". UWA Research Repository.
  3. Dunlop, Greg (15 February 2017). "Antibiotic resistance: Scientists 'unmask' superbug-shielding protein". BBC News. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. Wildie, Tom (14 February 2017). "Australian scientists make breakthrough in fight against superbugs". ABC News. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  5. "Stopping the rise of the superbug". Times Higher Education. Archived from the original on 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  6. O'Leary, Cathy (14 February 2017). "UWA breakthrough in superbug battle". The West Australian. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. Mitchell, Samille (14 March 2017). "WA Scientists Fight Deadly Superbugs". Particle.
  8. "Triennial Congress and General Assembly". Australian Academy of Science newsletter.
  9. Vrielink, Alice (2016). "From the President" (PDF). Scanz Newsletter. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  10. Google Scholar report for Alice Vrielink


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