– It is a fantastic recognition of my team’s work. As it is my first research prize in Sweden, it clearly means a lot. For me, it as a sign that our research is appreciated within the broader Swedish research community in biochemistry and molecular biology, says Dr. Björn Burmann.
With his research, Dr. Burmann wants to advance the understanding of the structural and dynamical basis of fundamental biological processes such as transcription regulation and protein quality control. During his research career, he has always aimed to push and challenge conventional knowledge by expanding biophysical, structural and dynamical biology methodology to obtain the underlying principles of protein function in the greatest detail achievable. These endeavours have lately pushed him to develop novel experimental tools and approaches to study these fundamental biological systems at unprecedented atomic resolution directly in the native environment. Dr. Burmann and his team hope to bring their research to the next level of understanding protein function directly in the living cell, which will be important to understand the underlying details of protein dysfunction at the core of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease as well as a multitude of different types of cancers.
Dr. Burmann will use the prize, worth SEK 650,000, for continuing his cutting-edge research.
About Björn Burmann
Björn Burmann is senior lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology and the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine at the University of Gothenburg.
E-mail: bjorn.marcus.burmann@gu.se
Mobile: (+46) 701 485 528
Website: Björn Burmann Group
