| Helen Saibil | |
| Honorific Suffix: | FRS FMedSci |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1950 |
| Education: | McGill University |
| Alma Mater: | King's College London |
| Thesis Title: | Diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes |
| Thesis Year: | 1977 |
| Discipline: | Molecular biology |
| Sub Discipline: | Structural biology |
| Workplaces: | Birkbeck, University of London |
| Main Interests: | Molecular chaperones Protein misfolding |
Helen Ruth Saibil FRS FMedSci (born August 12, 1950)[1] is a Canadian-British molecular biologist and Professor of Structural Biology at the Department of Crystallography of Birkbeck, University of London.[2] [3] Her research is largely focuses on molecular chaperones and protein misfolding.
Saibil completed undergraduate studies at McGill University in 1971 followed by a PhD at King's College London, receiving her thesis in 1977 entitled Diffraction studies of retinal rod outer segment membranes.[4] [5] Saibil went on to work at CEA Grenoble and the University of Oxford.[6] Saibil has been at Birkbeck since 1989, and was elected to the Royal Society in 2006[7] and the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2009.[8] [9]