Christopher J. Schofield
Christopher Joseph Schofield (also known as Chris Schofield) is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Chris Schofield is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry and a Fellow of Hertford College. Schofield studied functional, structural and mechanistic understanding of enzymes that employ oxygen and 2-oxoglutarate as a co-substrate. His work has opened up new possibilities in antibiotic research, oxygen sensing, and gene regulation.
Christopher J. Schofield | |
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| Born | Christopher Joseph Schofield 17 June 1960 United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Chris Schofield, CJS |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester (BSc) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hypoxic Response, Epigenetic, Oxygenases, Antibiotic Resistance |
| Institutions | Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford |
| Website | http://schofield.chem.ox.ac.uk/home http://research.chem.ox.ac.uk/christopher-schofield.aspx |
After work on plant and microbial oxygenases, he studied uncharacterised human oxygenases. His research has identified unanticipated roles for oxygenases in regulating gene expression, importantly in the cellular hypoxic response, and has revealed new post-translational modifications to chromatin and RNA splicing proteins. The work has identified new opportunities for medicinal intervention.