Julien Boudet
ETH, Switzerland
Biography
Julien Boudet received his PhD degree in structural biology and biophysics from the University of Grenoble (Joseph Fourier University) in France under the supervision of Prof. Jean-Pierre Simorre. During his thesis, he learned nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and used this powerful method to investigate proteins and oligonucleotides structures, molecular mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance and viral proteins interactions. After graduating, Julien joined the group of Prof. Frédéric Allain in ETH Zurich as a researcher. He focused his investigations on the DNA replication machinery and, in particular on the primase-mediated catalysis. He set up innovative computational methods to investigate challenging biological systems and demonstrated the role of cofactors in improving the pRN1 primase specific template recognition. His currently developing computational and analysis tools for structural biology.
Abstract
Abstract : New insights into pRN1 priming: structural changes support specific DNA recognition and catalysis