Dr. Tobin Sosnick

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Biography

Tobin R. Sosnick is the William B. Graham Professor in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on disordered proteins, protein folding, and interactions, utilizing a range of experimental and computational methods including NMR Spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. He has co-mentored twenty students and post-doctoral fellows, contributing to the publication of 60 papers over the past twenty years. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University in 1989 and a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, San Diego in 1983. Sosnick has actively participated in research programs that integrate experimental and computational approaches, particularly in understanding protein-RNA interactions and protein folding mechanisms. His lab's innovative studies aim to unravel the basic processes that have broad implications in biological research, particularly in stress biology and protein dynamics.

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