Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
David Timson is a protein biochemist. His research focuses on understanding how the structures of proteins influence their functions, with particular relevance to those proteins implicated in human disease and in biotechnology. Current research areas include:
1. Proteins of human galactose metabolism and how they are affected by the inherited metabolic disease, galactosemia.
2. Calcium binding proteins and metabolic enzymes from helminth parasites.
3. Quinone oxidoreductases
4. Stress mitigation in biofuel production
5. The biochemistry underlying fetal alcohol specturm disorders (collaboration led by Prof Paul Gard)
Please note: I have now retired and am unable to undertake active supervision of new projects, since I no longer have a laboratory. I am happy to advise on these areas and to respond to questions on my papers etc. This means I am not recruiting postgraduate students or post-docs etc.
Education/Academic qualification
Queen's University Belfast
Award Date: 7 Jul 2004
PhD, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 7 Jul 1997
Bachelor, University of Birmingham
Award Date: 7 Jul 1993
External positions
Editorial Board, Fermentation, MDPI Publishers
Associate Editor, Biosceince Reports, Portland Press
Associate Editor, RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry
Keywords
- Q Science (General)
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Proteins
- Enzymology
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Research Output
Destressing Yeast for Higher Biofuel Yields: Can Excess Chaotropicity Be Mitigated?
Timson, D. J. & Eardley, J., 17 Aug 2020, In : Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Galactokinase deficiency: lessons from the GalNet registry
Rubio-Gozalbo, M. E., Derks, B., Das, A. M., Meyer, U., Möslinger, D., Couce, M. L., Empain, A., Ficicioglu, C., Juliá Palacios, N., De Los Santos De Pelegrin, M. M., Rivera, I. A., Scholl-Bürgi, S., Bosch, A. M., Cassiman, D., Demirbas, D., Gautschi, M., Knerr, I., Labrune, P., Skouma, A., Verloo, P. & 4 others, , 18 Aug 2020, In : Genetics in Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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Galactosemia: opportunities for novel therapies
McCorvie, T. J. & Timson, D. J., 19 Feb 2020, Protein Homeostasis Diseases. Pey, A. L. (ed.). Academic Press, p. 221-245 25 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Chapter
In silico analysis of the effects of disease-associated mutations of β-hexosaminidase A in Tay‒Sachs disease
Fazal, M. I., Kacprzyk, R. & Timson, D. J., 15 May 2020, In : Journal of Genetics. 99, 1, 42.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
In Silico Analysis of the Effects of Point Mutations on α-Globin: Implications for α-Thalassemia
Horri-Naceur, A. & Timson, D. J., 18 May 2020, In : Hemoglobin. 44, 2, p. 89-103 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Activities
Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) (External organisation)
David Timson (Member)
2019 → …
Activity: External boards and professional/academic bodies › Personal board membership of professional/academic bodies
PhD external examination
David Timson (Examiner)
2017
Activity: External examination and supervision › Research degree
Higher Education Academy, UK (External organisation)
David Timson (Fellow)
2017 → …
Activity: External boards and professional/academic bodies › Membership of professional body
Royal Society of Chemistry (External organisation)
David Timson (Fellow)
2016 → …
Activity: External boards and professional/academic bodies › Membership of professional body
RSC Advances (Journal)
David Timson (Member of editorial board)
2015 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work