Knobler, Charles M.
| Website | Home URL |
| Division | Physical |
| Title |
Faculty Professor Emeritus |
| Specialties | Biophysics and Structural Biology Physical Chemistry |
Contact Information
| Office | Young Hall 2077A (310) 825-4330 |
| Lab | Young Hall 2077D (310) 825-4330 |
Honors & Awards
1951-1953 | Jerome Aaron Scholarship |
1957-1958 | Union Carbide Fellow |
1958-1959 | Fulbright Scholar |
1980 | Herbert Newby McCoy Award |
1983 | Fellow, American Physical Society |
1983 | UCLA Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award |
1990 | Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, University of Mainz |
1997 | UCLA College of Letters and Science Faculty Award |
1998 | Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, Max Planck Institute, Potsdam |
2000 | Kolthoff Lecturer, University of Minnesota |
2002 | American Chemical Society Award in Colloid Chemistry |
Publications
Chang, C. B., Knobler, C. M., Gelbart, W. M. and Mason, T. G. Curvature Dependence of Viral Protein Structures on Encapsidated Nanoemulsion Droplets, ACS Nano, 2008; 2: 281-6.
Evilevitch, A., Fang, L.-T., Yoffe, A. M., Castelnuovo, M., Rau, D. C., Parsegian, Gelbart W. M. and Knobler,. C. M. Effects of Salt Concentrations and Bending Energy on the Extent of Ejection of Phage Genomes, Biophys. J., 2008; 94: 1110-20.
Hu, Y., Zandi, R., Anavitarte, A. Knobler, C. M. and Gelbart, W. M. Packaging of a Polymer by a Viral Capsid: The Interplay Between Polymer Length and Capsid Size, Biophys. J., 2008; 94: 1428-36.
Gelbart, W. M. and Knobler, C. M. The Physics of Phage, Physics Today, 2008; 61: 42-54.
W. S. Klug, R. F. Bruinsma, J.-P. Michel, C. M. Knobler, I. L. Ivanovska, C. F. Schmidt and G. J. L. Wuite Failure of Viral Shells, Phys. Rev. Lett., 2006; 97: 228101-4.
Michel, J.P., Ivanovska, I.L., Gibbons, M. M., W. Klug, W. S., Knobler, C. M.,.Wuite, G. J. L., and Schmidt, C., F. Nanoindentation studies of full and empty viral capsids and the effects of capsid protein mutations on elasticity and strength, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci (USA), 2006; 103: 430-6.
Grayson, P., Evilevitch, A., Inamdar, M. M., Purohit, P. K., Gelbart, W. M., Knobler, C. M. and Phillips, R. The effect of genome length on ejection forces in bacteriophage lambda, Virology, 2006; 348: 3845-8.
Evilevitch, A., Gober, J. W., Phillips, M., Knobler, C. M. and Gelbart, W. M. Measurements of DNA lengths remaining in a viral capsid after osmotically suppressed partial ejection, Biophys. J., 2005; 88: 751-6.
Evilevitch, A. , Castelnovo, M., Knobler, C. M., and Gelbart, W. M. Measuring the Force Ejecting DNA from Phage, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004; 108: 6838-43.
Evilevitch, A., Lavelle, L., Knobler, C. M., Raspaud, E. and Gelbart, W. M. Osmotic pressure inhibition of DNA ejection from phage, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA), 2003; 100: 9292-9295.