Regular biography
David S. Roos is a Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the Department of Biology. His research focuses on cell and developmental biology, evolution, genetics, epigenetics, genomics, microbiology, and computational biology. His laboratory studies protozoan parasites, including Plasmodium and Toxoplasma, with an emphasis on their biology, host-pathogen interactions, and eukaryotic evolution. His work employs a range of techniques, including genetic, biochemical, and genomic approaches, to investigate parasite biology and potential therapeutic targets. Roos also contributes to the development of bioinformatics tools and databases for genomic research and drug discovery.
Scholar-generated biography
David S Roos is the E. Otis Kendall Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in Molecular Genetics, Cell Biology, Parasitology, Genomics, and Computational Biology. His research focuses on understanding the genetic and molecular mechanisms of parasitic organisms, particularly malaria parasites and related pathogens. He has contributed significantly to the development of genomic resources such as PlasmoDB and TriTrypDB, which integrate experimental and computational data to study eukaryotic pathogens. His work includes investigating the function of apicoplasts, plastid-targeted proteins, and ortholog groups across species, with applications in drug target identification and functional genomics.