Paul Whitford Associate Professor of Computational Physics p.whitford@neu.edu 617.373.2952 Expertise biophysics, computational materials physics Paul Whitford in the Press Futurity HOW SARS-COV-2 INFECTS CELLS WITH ITS SPIKE PROTEIN While little can be done about the presence of glycans, revealing their significance in the spike’s mechanism could offer previously unknown opportunities to protect against COVID-19, says co-principal investigator Paul Whitford, an associate professor at Northeastern University and senior scientist at CTBP. Paul Whitford for Northeastern Global News Under the hood of the ribosome Under the hood of the ribosome Assistant professor Paul Whitford uses computational techniques to study the nuances of microscopic machines like the ribosome, which is responsible for protein synthesis. Photo by Brooks Canaday.
Futurity HOW SARS-COV-2 INFECTS CELLS WITH ITS SPIKE PROTEIN While little can be done about the presence of glycans, revealing their significance in the spike’s mechanism could offer previously unknown opportunities to protect against COVID-19, says co-principal investigator Paul Whitford, an associate professor at Northeastern University and senior scientist at CTBP.