What is Richard Henderson's profession?
Q: What is Richard Henderson's profession?
A: Richard Henderson is a Scottish molecular biologist and biophysicist.
Q: What did he win in 2017?
A: In 2017, Richard Henderson shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank.
Q: Where has he worked since 1973?
A: Since 1973, Richard Henderson has worked at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB) in Cambridge.
Q: What molecule did he work out the structure of?
A: Richard Henderson worked out the structure of bacteriorhodopsin, a molecule found in bacteria which captures energy from light and uses it to move protons out of the cell.
Q: What techniques did he develop for electron crystallography?
A: The techniques developed by Richard Henderson for electron crystallography are still used today and help to solve the structures of several G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Q: How do GPCRs detect molecules outside the cell?
A: G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) detect molecules outside the cell and activate internal signal transduction pathways which lead to cell responses to these molecules.
