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V.M. Levdikov is a structural biologist whose work has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the molecular machinery of *Bacillus anthracis*, the bacterium that causes anthrax. As part of the Structural Proteomics in Europe (SPINE) consortium, Levdikov focused on high-throughput crystallographic analysis of essential proteins from this Gram-positive pathogen, a critical step toward developing new therapeutic strategies. Among his most notable contributions is the determination of the crystal structure of dihydrodipicolinate synthase (BA3935) at 1.94 Å resolution (47 citations), an enzyme essential for bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. He also solved the structure of PurE (BA0288) at 1.8 Å resolution (12 citations), an enzyme involved in nucleotide metabolism. These structures, along with his broader work applying high-throughput technologies to structural proteomics (27 citations), have provided a valuable foundation for structure-guided drug design. Levdikov’s research exemplifies how structural genomics can be harnessed to target biomedically important pathogens, offering molecular blueprints that continue to inform antimicrobial development.