Erica Ollmann Saphire
Structural Biologist
Playlists
All Videos (28)
- What I Do
- My Lab's Focus
- What are Viruses
- Learning From Viruses
- Developing the Cure for the Ebola Virus
- Great Part
- Meeting President Obama
- Travel for Work
- Why a Structural Biologist
- Why Girls Make Great Scientists
- Discovery of Transformer Proteins
- Challenges
- Education
- Playing Rugby
- The Artistic Puzzle of Protein Folding
- Favorite Subjects
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Color Grapheme - Synesthesia
- Managing the US Rugby Team
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- Tips for Leading a Diverse Team
- Advantages of Diversity in Problem Solving
- Advice
Bio
Watch Erica Ollmann Saphire, Ph.D., Structural Biologist, Professor at Scripps Research Institute and Director of the Ollmann Saphire Research Laboratory, share how girls naturally possess the skills and traits that are required to be a good scientist. As a leading expert in deadly diseases such as the Ebola and Lassa viruses, she directs a diverse team of scientific experts in her research lab. One cool breakthrough from their work was discovering how proteins fold and take on various shapes much the way “Transformers” do in the movie.
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