David Lilley (biochemist)

David Malcolm James Lilley FRS (born 28 May 1948) is a British biophysical chemist. He is Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Dundee.[1] He is also a visiting professor at Nankai University and Sun Yat-sen University.[2]

Lilley is an expert in the structure and folding of nucleic acids, including specialised branched structures of DNA. His lab was the first to resolve the structure of the DNA Holliday junction and has since conducted extensive research on Holliday-junction resolving enzymes.[3][4] Lilley has also carried out research in ribozyme catalysis and structures, as well as kink turns (k-turns) in RNA.[5] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002.[6]

He graduated from Durham University in 1969 with a first-class degree in Chemistry, and finished his PhD in Physical Chemistry at the same institution in 1972.[7][8] He was the Colworth Medal winner in 1982, and from 1996 to 2001 served as Editor of Gene.[7]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ "Professor David Lilley". University of Dundee. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ^ "David Lilley made visiting professor at Nankai University | University of Dundee, UK". www.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  3. ^ "ISRNN - International Society of RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine". Society for RNA Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  4. ^ Bhattacharyya, A.; Murchie, A. I.; von Kitzing, E.; Diekmann, S.; Kemper, B.; Lilley, D. M. (1991-10-20). "Model for the interaction of DNA junctions and resolving enzymes". Journal of Molecular Biology. 221 (4): 1191–1207. doi:10.1016/0022-2836(91)90928-y. ISSN 0022-2836. PMID 1658336.
  5. ^ "NASRG - Research". www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  6. ^ "Professor David Lilley FRS". Royal Society. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  7. ^ a b "DAVID M J LILLEY FRS, FRSE, FRSC" (PDF). February 2012. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  8. ^ Lilley, David M. J. (1973). Theoretical and experimental investigations of structure, reactivity and bonding in some organic systems (PDF) (PhD thesis). Durham University.
  9. ^ "Prelog Lecture". Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  10. ^ Sneddon, Ciaran (2016-05-09). "National chemistry prize awarded to Dundee University professor". The Courier. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
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