Kim Nasmyth(1952)
GeneticsKim Ashley Nasmyth is an English geneticist, the Whitley Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, former scientific director of the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), and former head of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. He is best known for his work on the segregation of chromosomes during cell division.
United KingdomUniversity of Oxford
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Major Awards
356
Publications
59,940
Citations
140
h-index
255
i10-index
168.4
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Awards & Recognition
Career History
Researcher
University of Oxford
Oxford, GB
Research Funding
The mechanism by which cohesin controls gene expression
European Research Council
Molecular mechanisms of cohesin
Medical Research Council
Yeast cell cycle
Austrian Science Fund
Chromosome segregation in mammalian meiosis
Medical Research Council
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
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Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Edinburgh
Eton College
Doctoral Advisors
Career Timeline
University of Oxford?–present
University of Vienna?–present
Top Publications
Transport of DNA within cohesin involves clamping on top of engaged heads by Scc2 and entrapment within the ring by Scc3
eLife2020106 citations
Scc2/Nipbl hops between chromosomal cohesin rings after loading
eLife201796 citations
Cohesion is established during DNA replication utilising chromosome associated cohesin rings as well as those loaded de novo onto nascent DNAs
eLife202068 citations
Folding of cohesin’s coiled coil is important for Scc2/4-induced association with chromosomes
eLife202154 citations
DNA passes through cohesin’s hinge as well as its Smc3–kleisin interface
eLife202247 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
John Michael Jumper
Fellow of the Royal Society (2025)
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David Liu
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2025)
Demis Hassabis
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
Victor Ambros
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
Gary Ruvkun
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024)
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
Huda Zoghbi
Horwitz Prize (2022)
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)
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