Steven S Plotkin

Research Groups: Biophysics, Theoretical Physics. Research Area: Biophysics. Research Field: Theory, Computation, and Experiment. Research Topics: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Protein Misfolding & Aggregation, Molecular origins of neurodegenerative disease, Genetic networks, Coarse-graining in biomolecular modelling. Abstract: We do research at the interface of physics, molecular biology, cell biology, and genetics. Our interests range from the study of cell differentiation in developmental biology, to the evolution of genetic networks, to interactions, dynamics, and disorder in protein misfolding. The Plotkin Research Group at UBC regularly seeks excellent students and post-doctoral fellows with outstanding academic records, and more importantly an unrelenting curiosity along with the motivation to experiment and investigate the consequences of a new idea. Our group members enjoy an exciting and interactive lab atmosphere, access to state-of-the-art computational and experimental resources, and the option for extensive collaborations with other research groups in physics, and the biological sciences. If you are a talented and self-motivated student or PDF who is interested in having a career in theoretical, computational, or experimental biophysics-- one the fastest growing interdisciplinary research areas in the sciences-- you may wish to consider joining us. We welcome NSERC and other scholarship holders and provide top-ups. For more information see http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~steve/prospective_students.html