Distinguished Professor Ted Baker
Distinguished Professor Ted Baker established structural biology in New Zealand with his pioneering work at Massey University on the proteins actinidin and lactoferrin.
Among Ted's national and international honours are an International Research Scholar award from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and election as President of the International Union of Crystallography. He has received the 2006 Rutherford Medal, the highest accolade from the Royal Society of New Zealand, and the 2008 Liley Medal for Health Research, and has been appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Professor Baker now leads a group of researchers at the University of Auckland who combine the analysis of protein structure and function by X-ray crystallography with elements of structural genomics, molecular biology, bioinformatics, protein engineering and structure-based drug design. His current interests focus primarily on infectious disease, in particular tuberculosis and streptococcal disease.