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S. Samar Hasnain FRSC is the Max Perutz professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Liverpool. He is current editor in chief of IUCr Journals. In 1991 he became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and in 2002 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Additionally, in 1997 he became a Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences and in 2011 a Fellow of the Society of Biology.
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Background
In 1970 Hasnain earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) an M.Sc. in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1977. His research areas include neurodegenerative diseases, methodical drug discovery, protein crystallography, and synchrotron radiation.
Research
Hasnain led a team of researchers who identified TDP-43 mutant proteins as potentially significant factors relating to motor neuron diseases via neurodegeneration. He has also conducted other neurological studies.