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Sir Tom Blundell
FRS FRSC FMedSci FRSB MAE
Sir Tom Blundell FRS FRSC FMedSci FRSB MAE
	Blundell in 2006
Born	Thomas Leon Blundell; 7 July 1942 (age 81); Brighton, England, UK
Education	Steyning Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known for	Astex; Insulin structure; Drug design;
Spouse	Lady Bancinyane Lynn Sibanda (m. 1987)
Children	3
Awards	Knight Bachelor (1997); EMBO Member (1986); Honorary Doctorates from 16 universities[citation needed];
	Scientific career
Fields	Structural biology; Bioinformatics; Biochemistry; Drug Discovery;
Institutions	University of Cambridge; University of Oxford; University of Sussex; Birkbeck, University of London; Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; Agricultural and Food Research Council; Astex;
Thesis	The determination by X-ray diffraction methods of the crystal and molecular structures of some co-ordination compounds (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Herbert M Powell
Doctoral students	Tim Hubbard; Laurence Pearl; Andrej Šali; Charlotte Deane;
Website	www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/blundell

Sir Thomas Leon Blundell, FRS FRSC FMedSci MAE (born 7 July 1942) is a British biochemist, structural biologist, and science administrator. He was a member of the team of Dorothy Hodgkin that solved in 1969 the first structure of a protein hormone, insulin. Blundell has made contributions to the structural biology of polypeptide hormones, growth factors, receptor activation, signal transduction, and DNA double-strand break repair, subjects important in cancer, tuberculosis, and familial diseases.^[11] He has developed software for protein modelling and understanding the effects of mutations on protein function, leading to new approaches to structure-guided and Fragment-based lead discovery. In 1999 he co-founded the oncology company Astex Therapeutics, which has moved ten drugs into clinical trials. Blundell has played central roles in restructuring British research councils and, as President of the UK Science Council, in developing professionalism in the practice of science.^[12]

^ Anon (1996). "Tom L. Blundell". people.embo.org. Heidelberg: European Molecular Biology Organization.
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^ Hubbard, Timothy John Philip (1988). The design, expression and characterisation of a novel protein. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 940320228. Copac 29528696.
^ Pearl, Laurence (1991). Crystallographic studies of endothiapepsin. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). London, Birkbeck College. OCLC 1000934521.
^ Sali, Andrej (1991). Modelling three-dimensional structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). London, Birkbeck College. OCLC 500526292. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.415316.
^ Deane, Charlotte (2000). Protein structure prediction: amino acid propensities and comparative modelling (PhD thesis). EThOS uk.bl.ethos.598479.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anon (2015). "Blundell, Sir Thomas Leon, (Sir Tom)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7914. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Blundell, T.; Cutfield, J.; Cutfield, S.; Dodson, E.; Dodson, G.; Hodgkin, D.; Mercola, D.; Vijayan, M. (1971). "Atomic positions in rhombohedral 2-zinc insulin crystals". Nature. 231 (5304): 506–511. Bibcode:1971Natur.231..506B. doi:10.1038/231506a0. PMID 4932997. S2CID 4158731.
^ Cambridge, University of (29 March 2018). "The multi-talented scientist who finds inspiration in far-flung places". Medium.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ Tom Blundell publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^ "Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS FMedSci". British Humanist Association. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[membo-1] Anon (1996). "Tom L. Blundell". people.embo.org. Heidelberg: European Molecular Biology Organization.

[gs-2] Cite error: The named reference gs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[hubbardphd-4] Hubbard, Timothy John Philip (1988). The design, expression and characterisation of a novel protein. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 940320228. Copac 29528696.

[pearlphd-5] Pearl, Laurence (1991). Crystallographic studies of endothiapepsin. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). London, Birkbeck College. OCLC 1000934521.

[saliphd-6] Sali, Andrej (1991). Modelling three-dimensional structure of a protein from its amino acid sequence. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). London, Birkbeck College. OCLC 500526292. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.415316.

[deane-7] Deane, Charlotte (2000). Protein structure prediction: amino acid propensities and comparative modelling (PhD thesis). EThOS uk.bl.ethos.598479.

[whoswho-8] Anon (2015). "Blundell, Sir Thomas Leon, (Sir Tom)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U7914. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[9] Blundell, T.; Cutfield, J.; Cutfield, S.; Dodson, E.; Dodson, G.; Hodgkin, D.; Mercola, D.; Vijayan, M. (1971). "Atomic positions in rhombohedral 2-zinc insulin crystals". Nature. 231 (5304): 506–511. Bibcode:1971Natur.231..506B. doi:10.1038/231506a0. PMID 4932997. S2CID 4158731.

[medium-10] Cambridge, University of (29 March 2018). "The multi-talented scientist who finds inspiration in far-flung places". Medium.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

[scopus-11] Tom Blundell publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)

[12] "Professor Sir Tom Blundell FRS FMedSci". British Humanist Association. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

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Sir Tom Blundell FRS FRSC FMedSci FRSB MAE
Blundell in 2006
Born	Thomas Leon Blundell (1942-07-07) 7 July 1942 (age 81)^[8] Brighton, England, UK
Education	Steyning Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)^[8]
Known for	Astex Insulin structure^[9] Drug design
Spouse	Lady Bancinyane Lynn Sibanda (m. 1987) ^[8]
Children	3^[10]
Awards	Knight Bachelor (1997) EMBO Member (1986)^[1] Honorary Doctorates from 16 universities^{[citation needed]}
Scientific career
Fields	Structural biology^[2] Bioinformatics^[2] Biochemistry^[2] Drug Discovery^[2]
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Oxford University of Sussex Birkbeck, University of London Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Agricultural and Food Research Council Astex
Thesis	The determination by X-ray diffraction methods of the crystal and molecular structures of some co-ordination compounds (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Herbert M Powell^[3]
Doctoral students	Tim Hubbard^[4] Laurence Pearl^[5] Andrej Šali^[6] Charlotte Deane^[7]

Website	www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/blundell