Professor of Applied Physics and Mechanical Engineering
Caltech, 221 Steele / 128-95
Phone: 626-395-3374
Webpage: http://www.rpgroup.caltech.edu

Bacteriophage lambda, shown in the electron micrograph, consists of a protein capsid 30 nm in radius that has a long cylindrical tail. Its genome, double stranded (ds) DNA, is protected by the capsid from attack by nuclease enzymes that would break it down into its nucleotides and therefore lose the genetic information needed to replicate the phage.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Lunds Universitet.
Address: Box 124, SE-221 00 LUND
Phone: +46 46 222 32 91
Fax: +46 46 222 4534
Webpage: http://www.mps.lu.se/people/evilevitch/

Research Interest: Physical Chemistry of Viruses.