2006 Public Lecture Series
Joachim Jaeger, Ph.D.
Dr. Jaeger, originally trained as a physical chemist at Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, received his doctorate in biophysics in 1991 from the University of Basel, Switzerland. In the laboratory of Prof. Thomas Steitz at Yale University, he developed a keen interest in DNA and RNA replication. Using X-ray crystallography, he determined inhibitor complexes of reverse transcriptase, the machinery responsible for HIV replication. In 1996, Dr. Jaeger moved to Leeds University in Great Britain, where he began to focus on RNA replication in flavi- and picornaviruses. At Wadsworth Center, Dr. Jaeger continues to study the workings of large replication complexes from RNA viruses such as hepatitis C virus, human rhinovirus, SARS coronavirus, and other designated bioterrorism agents.