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Overview

Virgil L. Woods was affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research contributions primarily addressed antiviral drug development and microbial interaction dynamics, focusing on infectious diseases, ecology, and biotechnology.

Their published work appeared predominantly in the venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with four papers recorded. Key papers authored by Woods included:

  • Discovery of RdRp Thumb-1 as a novel broad-spectrum antiviral family of targets and MDL-001 as a potent broad-spectrum inhibitor thereof (2024, bioRxiv)
  • MDL-001: An Oral, Safe, and Well-Tolerated Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of Viral Polymerases (2025, bioRxiv)

Although the last paper is coauthored with Tyler Umansky, this individual was credited with one publication distinct from Woods's direct authorship.

The main topics covered in Woods's research included:

  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications

These topics align with their subfields of study:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Ecology
  • Biotechnology

Frequent coauthors working alongside Woods encompassed:

  • Tyler Umansky
  • Sean M. Russell
  • Daniel Haders
  • Davey M. Smith
  • David S. Garvey

Throughout their career, Woods's work documented intersections of antiviral strategies and microbial ecology, contributing to emerging approaches in broad-spectrum viral polymerase inhibition and chemical space exploration for next-generation antiviral compounds.

Best Publications

  • Visualization of arrestin recruitment by a G-protein-coupled receptor

    Arun K. Shukla;Gerwin H. Westfield;Kunhong Xiao;Rosana I. Reis

  • Structural determinants for generating centromeric chromatin

    Ben E. Black;Daniel R. Foltz;Daniel R. Foltz;Srinivas Chakravarthy;Karolin Luger

  • Platelet-associated and plasma anti-glycoprotein autoantibodies in chronic ITP

    R McMillan;P Tani;F Millard;P Berchtold

  • Autoantibodies against the platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa complex in patients with chronic ITP.

    Virgil L. Woods;Virgil L. Woods;Esther H. Oh;Esther H. Oh;Donna Mason;Donna Mason;Robert McMillan;Robert McMillan

  • Conformational changes in the G protein Gs induced by the β2 adrenergic receptor.

    Ka Young Chung;Søren G. F. Rasmussen;Søren G. F. Rasmussen;Tong Liu;Sheng Li

  • Related Binding Mechanisms for Fibrinogen, Fibronectin, von Willebrand Factor, and Thrombospondin on Thrombin-Stimulated Human Platelets

    Edward F. Plow;Rodger P. McEver;Barry S. Coller;Virgil L. Woods

  • Protein structure change studied by hydrogen-deuterium exchange, functional labeling, and mass spectrometry.

    Joan J. Englander;Charyl Del Mar;Will Li;S. Walter Englander

  • Structure and properties of α-synuclein and other amyloids determined at the amino acid level

    Charyl Del Mar;Eric A. Greenbaum;Leland Mayne;S. Walter Englander

  • Modest stabilization by most hydrogen-bonded side-chain interactions in membrane proteins

    Nathan HyunJoong Joh;Andrew Min;Salem Faham;Julian P. Whitelegge

  • Structural flexibility of the Gαs α-helical domain in the β 2-adrenoceptor Gs complex

    Gerwin H. Westfield;Søren G. F. Rasmussen;Søren G. F. Rasmussen;Min Su;Somnath Dutta

  • Autoantibodies against platelet glycoprotein Ib in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

    Virgil L. Woods;Yoshiyuki Kurata;Robert R. Montgomery;Patricia Tani

  • Localization of internal pools of membrane glycoproteins involved in platelet adhesive responses.

    J. D. Wencel-Drake;Edward F Plow;T. J. Kunicki;V. L. Woods

  • Use of the monoclonal antibody 12F1 to characterize the differentiation antigen VLA-2.

    K D Pischel;M E Hemler;C Huang;H G Bluestein

  • Development of a Novel Spontaneous Metastasis Model of Human Osteosarcoma Transplanted Orthotopically into Bone of Athymic Mice

    Örjan Berlin;Dvorit Samid;Rakesh Donthineni-Rao;Wayne Akeson

  • Fibrin derived from patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is resistant to lysis.

    Timothy A. Morris;James J. Marsh;Peter G. Chiles;William R. Auger

  • Isolation and characterization of a platelet surface collagen binding complex related to VLA-2.

    Samuel A. Santoro;Sanjay M. Rajpara;William D. Staatz;Virgil L. Woods

  • High prevalence of dysfibrinogenemia among patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

    Timothy A. Morris;James J. Marsh;Peter G. Chiles;Marisa M. Magaña

  • High resolution, high-throughput amide deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry (DXMS) determination of protein binding site structure and dynamics: utility in pharmaceutical design.

    Virgil L. Woods;Yoshitomo Hamuro

  • Integrin expression by human articular chondrocytes.

    Virgil L. Woods;Paul J. Schreck;Dirk S. Gesink;Hector O. Pacheco

  • A polymeric form of fibronectin has antimetastatic effects against multiple tumor types.

    Renata Pasqualini;Sandrine Bourdoulous;Erkki Koivunen;Virgil L. Woods

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan S. Taylor
Susan S. Taylor University of California, San Diego
Erica Ollmann Saphire
Erica Ollmann Saphire La Jolla Institute For Allergy & Immunology
Edward A. Dennis
Edward A. Dennis University of California, San Diego
Robert McMillan
Robert McMillan Scripps Research Institute
Wayne H. Akeson
Wayne H. Akeson University of California, San Diego
David Amiel
David Amiel University of California, San Diego
Edward F. Plow
Edward F. Plow Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Bevra H. Hahn
Bevra H. Hahn University of California, Los Angeles
Vivian Hook
Vivian Hook University of California, San Diego
Ian A. Wilson
Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute

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