CONTACT INFORMATION: Robert A. Lamb, Ph.D., Sc.D. John Evans Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Phone: 847-491-5433 Fax: 847-491-2467 E-mail: ralamb@northwestern.edu Howard Hughes Medical Institute Address for regular U.S. Mail: Dr. Robert A. Lamb BMBCB/HHMI/Hogan 2-100 2205 Tech Drive Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208-3500 Address for FedEx and UPS: Dr. Robert A. Lamb/Gill BMBCB/HHMI Northwestern University Tech MG90 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-3500

Biographical Sketch
Robert A. Lamb, Ph.D., Sc.D.--
Dr. Lamb is John Evans Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology at Northwestern University, Professor of Microbiology-Immunology at Northwestern University Medical School and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received his undergraduate degree reading biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, England, and his Ph.D. and Sc.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. He came to the United States to do postdoctoral work with Purnell Choppin at the Rockefeller University, where he later became a faculty member before joining the faculty of Northwestern University. His honors include consecutive NIH MERIT awards. He is past president of the American Society for Virology. Dr. Lamb is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Short Summary of Research (Research)
Robert Lamb's laboratory studies the replication of influenza virus and paramyxoviruses, particularly virus-mediated membrane fusion, the action of the M2 and BM2 protein-selective ion channels, enveloped virus assembly and how these viruses defeat innate immunity.

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