Biography

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) - Biology

Professor at UCLA
Research
Robert
Clubb
Greater Los Angeles Area
My laboratory studies how pathogenic bacteria display and utilize virulence factors that are required for host colonization. We seek to obtain a mechanistic understanding of these processes, and to leverage this knowledge to discover novel antimicrobial agents and to engineer microbes for biotechnological applications. Our research is highly interdisciplinary and employs structural-, chemical-, molecular-, and synthetic-biology methods. We are working on three related research projects: (i) Mechanistic studies of bacterial protein and polymer display, (ii) Anti-infective drug discovery, and (iii) Bacterial surface engineering for biotechnological applications. This research is funded by grants from the NIH, NSF and DOE.

You can find more information at my lab's website: http://www.biochemistry.ucla.edu/biochem/Faculty/Clubb/Clubb_Lab/Main.html