A UK international scholar presents a speech at IBB, UT

On 15 April, 2019, Dr. Armin Wagner, administrator of Synchrotron station, Diamond, UK attended Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran and presented a speech on macromolecular crystallography method and its application in biology and bio medicines and also the role of structural biology in confronting world challenge of the increase of plastic wastes. The speech was received warmly by both faculty members and students.  

Armin Wagner

Armin Wagner is the I23 Principal Beamline Scientist. He joined Diamond in 2005 from the Swiss Light Source where he had worked as a Post-Doc at the MX beamlines.

His research is focused on developments specific to I23, in order to realize its potential as the first in-vacuum MX beamline for long-wavelength crystallography. In addition he is interested in sample delivery techniques for both synchrotron and XFEL experiments.

Email: armin.wagner@diamond.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 1235 778560

Key Research Area

Structural Biology

X-ray crystallography

Beamline Development

Sample handling

Latest Publications

December 2018 - The long-wavelength macromolecular crystallography I23 at Diamond Light Source, Nihon Kessho Gakkaishi, 10.5940/jcrsj.60.233

October 2018 - The X-ray structure of human calbindin-D28K: an improved model, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, 10.1107/S2059798318011610

October 2018 - Structure-based classification defines the discrete conformational classes adopted by the arenaviral GP1, Journal Of Virology, 10.1128/JVI.01048-18

October 2018 - Characterisation of tungstate and molybdate crystals ABO4 (A=Ca, Sr, Zn, Cd; B=W, Mo) for luminescence lifetime cryothermometry, Materialia, 10.1016/j.mtla.2018.09.039

October 2018 - Anomalous X-ray diffraction studies of ion transport in K+ channels, Nature Communications, 10.1038/s41467-018-06957-w

April 2018 - Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.1718804115