Rob Phillips is the Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics and Biology at the California Institute of Technology and co-Director of the Physiology summer course at the Marine Biology Laboratory. His research focuses on elucidating the physical phenomena of a variety of biological processes/systems, such as mechanosensation and gene regulation. He combines physical modeling with quantitative experimentation in his approaches. Along with Jane Kondev and Julie Theriot, he co-wrote the biophysics textbook, Physical Biology of the Cell, an exploration of how physics and math can be applied to understand biology at molecular and cellular levels.
Talks with this Speaker
How Rob Became a Scientist: An Unconventional Path to Science
Rob Phillips, in an interview with his mother, talks about his unconventional path to science and the role his parents played in influencing his intellectual interests. (Talk recorded in November 2015)
Audience:
- Student
- Educators
- Educators of H. School / Intro Undergrad
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 15:26
Age of Genomics: The Genome as the Modern Rosetta Stone
Despite living in the age of genomics, Rob Phillips argues that we still haven’t decoded the function of certain regions of our DNA. (Talk recorded in July 2014)
Audience:
- Researcher
- Educators of Adv. Undergrad / Grad
Duration: 13:04
A Vision for Quantitative Biology
Rob Phillips makes a convincing argument that researchers who understand quantitative biology have another tool for their studies. (Talk recorded in August 2010)
Audience:
- Researcher
Duration: 14:55
