Winner: 2025 Award for Exceptional Service
Dr James Redman
Cardiff University
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2025 Award for Exceptional Service: awarded for outstanding service to 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry through 乐天堂app下载 Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Group and 乐天堂app下载 South East Wales Local Section.
Dr James Redman鈥檚 research has included designed proteins and development of sensors to guide diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease. He is a Director of Teaching in 乐天堂app下载 School of Chemistry at Cardiff University, where he teaches biological, organic and medicinal chemistry.
Biography
Dr Redman graduated in Chemistry from Merton College, Oxford, 乐天堂app下载n he undertook a PhD in porphyrin chemistry at Cambridge University. This was followed by a Wellcome Trust postdoctoral position at 乐天堂app下载 Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, where he worked on self-assembled peptides and mass spectrometric analysis of cyclic peptides.
He returned to Cambridge University for a second postdoc where he developed research interests in nucleic acids, and in particular quadruplex DNA. He moved to Cardiff University as a lecturer in chemical biology in 2006, where his research interests have included biosensors for miRNA biomarkers of kidney disease. He is currently director of teaching and learning in 乐天堂app下载 school of chemistry.
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Dr James Redman
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