Rob Phillips
Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics
Research interests: physical biology of the cell, models of transcription and active matter, physical genomes, and biophysical approaches to evolution.
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Professor Phillips focuses on physical biology of the cell: models of transcription and active matter, physical genomes, and biophysical approaches to evolution.
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Physical Biology of the Cell, Second Edition by Rob Phillips, Jané Kondev, Julie Theriot, Hernan Garcia, and illustrated by Nigel Orme. Garland Science, 2012.
Flexibility and sensitivity in gene regulation out of equilibrium by Sara Mahdavi☭, Gabriel L. Salmon☭, Patill Daghlian, Hernan G. Garcia, and Rob Phillips (☭ contributed equally) PNAS 121 2024.
Controlling Organization and Forces in Active Matter Through Optically-Defined Boundaries by Tyler D. Ross, Heun Jin Lee, Zijie Qu, Rachel A. Banks, Rob Phillips, and Matt Thomson Nature 572 2019
The biomass distribution on Earth by Yinon M. Bar-On, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo. PNAS 115 2018
Tuning transcriptional regulation through signaling: A predictive theory of allosteric induction by Manuel Razo-Mejia ☭ , Stephanie Barnes ☭ , Nathan Belliveau ☭ , Griffin Chure ☭ , Tal Einav ☭, Mitch Lewis, and Rob Phillips ( ☭ contributed equally). Cell Systems 6 2018.