In conversation with Alexander Wlodawer

Abstract

Alexander Wlodawer is a structural biologist who has made seminal contributions to our understanding of protein structure–function relationships. He obtained his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and has spent the majority of his career at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, where he currently holds a Senior Investigator position at the NCI's Center for Structural Biology. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of The FEBS Journal since 2007. In this interview, Alex talks about carving his own scientific path, the era of ‘big things’ in structural biology, and the most challenging editorial task.