X-ray crystallographer to oversee Rosalind Franklin Institute
Structural biologist James Naismith to become first director of UK’s new national life sciences institute
In the spirit of the UK national biochemistry institute’s namesake Rosalind Franklin, an x-ray crystallography chemist will become its first director. James Naismith, who uses structural analysis to understand biomolecules, is due to take up the post in June 2019.