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Robert J. Woods is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, along with Medicine. Within these broad domains, their work focuses on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Immunology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research extensively addresses several key topics, including Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, and Influenza Virus Research Studies.

Recent academic publications by Robert J. Woods include the following papers:

  • Virus-Receptor Interactions of Glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Human ACE2 Receptor, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycan shield reveals implications for immune recognition, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Characterization of heparin and severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike glycoprotein binding interactions, 2020, Antiviral Research
  • Analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycan shield: implications for immune recognition, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Landscape and selection of vaccine epitopes in SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Genome Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert J. Woods include Oliver C. Grant, David W. Montgomery, Michael Tiemeyer, Amika Sood, and Jian Liu. These collaborators have contributed to multiple publications within related research areas.

Robert J. Woods often publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Biological Chemistry, Scientific Reports, The FASEB Journal, and UNC Libraries.

Best Publications

  • The Amber biomolecular simulation programs

    David A. Case;Thomas E. Cheatham;Tom Darden;Holger Gohlke

  • GLYCAM06: a generalizable biomolecular force field. Carbohydrates.

    Karl N. Kirschner;Austin B. Yongye;Sarah M. Tschampel;Jorge González-Outeiriño

  • Neutrophil extracellular traps in COVID-19.

    Yu Zuo;Srilakshmi Yalavarthi;Hui Shi;Hui Shi;Kelsey Gockman

  • Solvent interactions determine carbohydrate conformation

    Karl N. Kirschner;Robert J. Woods

  • Molecular Mechanical and Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Glycoproteins and Oligosaccharides. 1. GLYCAM_93 Parameter Development

    Robert J. Woods;Raymond A. Dwek;Christopher J. Edge;Bert Fraser-Reid

  • Virus-Receptor Interactions of Glycosylated SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Human ACE2 Receptor.

    Peng Zhao;Jeremy L. Praissman;Oliver C. Grant;Yongfei Cai

  • Updates to the Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans guidelines.

    Sriram Neelamegham;Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita;Evan Bolton;Martin Frank

  • Analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycan shield reveals implications for immune recognition.

    Oliver C. Grant;David Montgomery;Keigo Ito;Robert J. Woods

  • Tests of parallel molecular evolution in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli.

    Robert Woods;Dominique Schneider;Cynthia L. Winkworth;Margaret A. Riley

  • Second-order selection for evolvability in a large Escherichia coli population

    Robert J. Woods;Jeffrey E. Barrick;Tim F. Cooper;Utpala Shrestha

  • Antibiotic resistance management.

    Andrew F. Read;Robert J. Woods

  • Characterization of heparin and severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike glycoprotein binding interactions.

    So Young Kim;So Young Kim;Weihua Jin;Amika Sood;David W. Montgomery

  • Stochastic processes constrain the within and between host evolution of influenza virus

    John T McCrone;Robert J Woods;Emily T Martin;Ryan E Malosh

  • Predicting the Structures of Glycans, Glycoproteins, and Their Complexes

    Robert J. Woods

  • Restrained electrostatic potential atomic partial charges for condensed-phase simulations of carbohydrates

    R.J Woods;R Chappelle

  • Recent H3N2 Viruses Have Evolved Specificity for Extended, Branched Human-type Receptors, Conferring Potential for Increased Avidity

    Wenjie Peng;Robert P. de Vries;Oliver C. Grant;Andrew J. Thompson

  • Derivation of net atomic charges from molecular electrostatic potentials

    R. J. Woods;M. Khalil;W. Pell;S. H. Moffat

  • Involvement of water in carbohydrate-protein binding.

    Christopher Clarke;Robert J. Woods;John Gluska;Alan Cooper

  • Molecular simulations of carbohydrates and protein-carbohydrate interactions: motivation, issues and prospects.

    Elisa Fadda;Robert J. Woods;Robert J. Woods

  • GlyGen: Computational and Informatics Resources for Glycoscience.

    William S York;Raja Mazumder;Rene Ranzinger;Nathan Edwards

  • Solvated Ensemble Averaging in the Calculation of Partial Atomic Charges

    Maral Basma;S. Sundara;Dilek Çalgan;Tereza Vernali

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew F. Read
Andrew F. Read Pennsylvania State University
Geert-Jan Boons
Geert-Jan Boons University of Georgia
Lance Wells
Lance Wells University of Georgia
James H. Prestegard
James H. Prestegard University of Georgia
Adam S. Lauring
Adam S. Lauring University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mercedes Pascual
Mercedes Pascual University of Chicago
James C. Paulson
James C. Paulson Scripps Research Institute
Kelley W. Moremen
Kelley W. Moremen University of Georgia
Vedene H. Smith
Vedene H. Smith Queen's University
Anthony S. Serianni
Anthony S. Serianni University of Notre Dame

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