Professor Al Edwards FRS

Aled Edwards is a biochemist at the University of Toronto whose current research focuses on the application of structural and chemical biology at genome scale, and its implications for drug discovery.  Aled founded and leads the Structural Genomics Consortium, a public-private partnership that places all its research output into the public domain, without restriction on use. 

Aled received his BSc and PhD from McGill University, and carried out post-doctoral studies at Stanford University.   He is Temerty Nexus Chair of Health and Technology at the University of Toronto and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Professional position

  • Temerty Nexus Chair in Health Innovation and Technology, Structural Genomics Consortium (Toronto)

Subject groups

  • Chemistry

    Chemistry, biological

  • Molecules of Life

    Biochemistry and molecular biology, Biophysics and structural biology, Molecular microbiology

  • Health and Human Sciences

    Molecular medicine

  • Other

    Science policy