biochemist professor of biochemistry
Anthony Watts was educated at Knighton-upon-Teme Primary School (1954-1959). Tenbury Wells Chamber of East Primary School(1959 - 1961) Ludlow School in Shropshire(1961- 1968) and at the Astbury Department of Biophysics where he obtained his Bachelor of Science (Honours) and subsequentially his Doctor of Philosophy in 1975.
He is a fellow of the Royal Chemical Society, the Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Biology and Biophysical Society. In early work, lipid-protein interactions were investigated exploiting Electron spin resonance approaches to relate lipid dynamics to function. In Oxford, newly developed wide-line Nuclear magnetic resonance was developed to characterize surface specificity of lipid-protein and peptide interactions in membranes.
More recently, novel solid state Nuclear magnetic resonance approaches have been developed and exploited to resolve high resolution conformational and dynamic details directly of ligand-targets interactions in the absence of target structure, with GPCRs being the current focus.
He has published using a wide range of biophysical methodologies, with a focus on understanding structural explanation of biological function -.
2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize. 2015 Biophysical Society Anantrace Membrane Protein Award and Prize. XXV Godnev Annual Lecture and Award, National Academy of Sciences, Belarus (2014). “Frontiers in Sciences” Lecturer (2008), Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, United States of America. Distinguished Professor, Kyun-won University, Seoul, of Korea (2004). International Advisor, of Korea Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) (2004 on). Hascoe Medal Lecturer, University of Connecticut, United States of America (2004). Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Biomembrane Chemistry for 2001. Moses Gomberg Lecturer, University of Michigan, United States of America (2001). Wilsmore Fellowship to the School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Australia (2000). The 1998 ANZMAG Lecturer. The Biochemical Society (United Kingdom) Morton Lecturer (1999). The Pfizer Lecture, University of Sheffield (1992). SERC-National Center for Scientific Research Maxime Hanss Prize for Biophysics (1992). Fulbright Scholarship (1987/88). 350th Commemorative Medal, Helskini University, Finland (1990).
