Assistant Professor
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Molecular Virology, Center for Quantitative Cell Imaging
Hometown: Oregon, WI
Robert received his Ph.D. and did his postdoctoral research at Scripps Research in California. Beginning in graduate school and continuing into his own laboratory research, he has used high-resolution imaging techniques to figure out how viral proteins work. Throughout his career, he has studied the proteins from many pathogens including influenza virus, ebolavirus and coronaviruses.
Talks:
Coronavirus spikes
How do coronaviruses recognize and enter cells? How does the biochemistry of viral spikes enable better coronavirus vaccines?
Complex machines making viral RNA
Coronaviruses use a complicated viral machine to copy their genomes. How do these machines assemble and how are they targeted by antiviral drugs?