Dr. Lee Gehrke

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Biography

Lee Gehrke is the Hermann L.F. von Helmholtz Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Institute Medical Engineering & Science. He has made significant contributions to the fields of microbiology and immunobiology as part of the Health Science & Technology division at Harvard Medical School. With a PhD in Anatomy & Developmental Genetics from Case Western Reserve University, obtained in 1980, Gehrke has focused his research on the Alfalfa mosaic virus and associated viral components such as capsid proteins and viral RNA. His work is crucial in understanding the conformation of nucleic acids in viral contexts. Gehrke leads the Gehrke Lab, where innovative methodologies are developed to study these areas further.

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