Rate My Professor Ben Luisi

Luisi has held positions within the Department of Biochemistry, including heading the X-ray crystallography facility established in 1997. He was elected as an EMBO Fellow in 2009 for his contributions to understanding regulatory assemblies and molecular machines. His scholarly impact is substantial, with over 22,900 citations from 346 publications documented on ResearchGate. Notable works include: Du, D. et al. (2014). Structure of the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump. Nature, 509, 512-515; Koronakis, V. et al. (2000). Crystal structure of the bacterial membrane protein TolC central to multidrug efflux and protein export. Nature, 405, 914-919; Callaghan, A.J. et al. (2005). Structure of Escherichia coli RNase E catalytic domain and implications for RNA turnover. Nature, 437, 1187-1191; Bandyra, K.J. et al. (2018). Substrate recognition and autoinhibition in the central ribonuclease RNase E. Molecular Cell, 72, 275-285; Islam, M.S. et al. (2023). Structure of a bacterial ribonucleoprotein complex central to the control of cell envelope biogenesis. The EMBO Journal, 42, e112574; and recent publications such as Fountain, A.J. et al. (2025). Structural and functional analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis MmpS5L5 efflux pump presages increased bedaquiline resistance. PNAS, 122, e2516660122.