he received B.S. in Biochemistry from Université Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris, France before obtaining his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology from University of Cambridge for his research with Dr. Linda Amos at the MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology on the influence of +end binding proteins on the structure and dynamics of microtubules. Continuing his training in structural biology, he did a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Joachim Frank at Columbia University in New York, obtaining high-resolution structures of heterogeneous ribosome complexes and large membrane proteins by cryo-electron microscopy. Dr. des Georges now joined the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at City College as tenure track assistant professor. He established a research group within the ASRC Structural Biology Initiative, exploring regulatory mechanisms of large protein and RNA complexes by cryo-electron microscopy.the greater level of complexity of the eukaryotic cell is reflected in the much greater level of regulation applied to its cellular processes, and the prevalence of cancer reminds us of their importance.