Professor Eric Oldfield will be awarded to the 2011 Avanti Award in Lipids for his pioneering research using NMR methods to investigate lipid membrane structure and for his work in drug discovery, targeting lipid biosynthesis. The award is given annually by the Biophysical Scoiety to an investigator that has made "outstanding contributions to our understanding of lipid biosynthetics."

For more information about Professor Oldfield, please see his faculty page.
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