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Anne K. Kalliomaa is a structural biologist whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular machinery of *Bacillus anthracis*, the bacterium responsible for anthrax. Her research sits at the intersection of structural genomics and biodefense, focusing on the high-throughput determination of protein structures from this biomedically critical pathogen. Kalliomaa’s major contributions include solving the crystal structures of essential enzymes, such as dihydrodipicolinate synthase (BA3935) and PurE (BA0288), which are key to bacterial cell wall and nucleotide biosynthesis, respectively. Her work, part of the Structural Proteomics In Europe (SPINE) collaboration, has provided atomic-level blueprints that are vital for rational drug design against anthrax. With her most cited paper reaching 47 citations, Kalliomaa’s structural proteomics approach has laid a foundational framework for targeting essential genes in *B. anthracis*, demonstrating how high-throughput crystallography can be applied to pressing biomedical threats. Her achievements exemplify the power of collaborative, large-scale structural biology in combating infectious diseases.