Pedro J. de Pablo
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
Biography
Pedro J. de Pablo has his expertise in the application of Atomic Force Microscopy to the investigation of individual viruses. He studied Condensed Matter Physics at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and worked with a variety of molecular wires, including carbon nanotubes and DNA during his PhD. Then he moved for a postoc in the Vrije Universiteit to apply AFM to the study of molecular motors (kinesin) and viruses. He stablished his own group back in Madrid, where during the last 10 years has been applying AFM to unveil the structure-function interplay of viruses by measuring thir physical properties, such as mechanics and electrostatics.